WASHINGTON (AP) -- The financial health of the government's two biggest benefit programs may have slipped over the past year, reflecting the deep recession that has already bitten into other areas of the budget.... By MARTIN CRUTSINGER Read the full story.
Yet jobs are still being outsourced. Birth control is still not free. 90+ yr olds are still being resusitated. Don't forget the frauds either. There should be tax breaks for people who don't bring a bunch of kids into the world who cannot provide for them (like that Nadaya dip****) This news is not going to help the market, that's for sure.
The problem isn't that birth control isn't free. It's that it isn't mandatory for those on government assistance.
For decades the Democrats have been playing the "If you vote for the Republicans they'll make you _______! (Just fill in the blank.) Since 1952 the mantra was "If you vote for Republicans they'll take away your Social Security." Just think how powerful the message will be when the Democrats say "If you vote for Republicans they'll make you pay for your own retirement."