Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

2016 Postmortem

(9,841 posts)

2. They need to let the payroll tax cut expire, before we all get too used to it.

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 08:22 AM

Dec 2012

That doesn't "officially" affect the deficit in the general budget, but we need to be able to defend SS as being a self-sufficient program.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

9 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

8 deficit reducers that are more effective than the 'chained CPI' [View all] xchrom Dec 2012 OP

All good places to start Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #1

+1 xchrom Dec 2012 #3

Legalize drugs, transition to treatment, empty the prisons on point Dec 2012 #5

Excellent suggestions blackspade Dec 2012 #6

Why are 702 military installations needed? And 4,471 bases? LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #7