Jump-Starting or Short-Circuiting Entitlement Debate?
by Adam Hughes*, 2/6/2007
An article in today's Wall Street Journal, On Deficit Cutting, Skeptics Abound remarks that the President's FY 2008 budget projections "still don't account for several big potential budget-busters, as budget analysts and Democratic critics were quick to note yesterday," making the point unflinchingly in this graph:
Inexplicably, however, the article closes with what appears to be a stray talking point from an administration official (perhaps dated January, 2005?):
To jump-start the debate over entitlements, Mr. Bush again is urging Congress to create new private accounts for future Social Security recipients.
End of discussion.
