AS Republican presidential hopefuls trot out their policy agendas ” which always involve cutting taxes on the rich while slashing benefits for the poor and middle class ” some real new thinking is happening on the other side of the aisle. Suddenly, it seems, many Democrats have decided to break with Beltway orthodoxy, which always calls for cuts in œentitlements. Instead, theyre proposing that Social Security benefits actually be expanded.
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