<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - entitlement-reform</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/entitlement-reform</link><description>Newsvine - entitlement-reform</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 04:46:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:10:27 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>You are President... what do you do?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now, of course, as the President, you can't just snap your fingers and make anything imaginable happen. &nbsp;But, supposing you could what would you change in America? &nbsp;Respond below with your list, this is mine.
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WAR ON TERROR:&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Kelo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rick Kelo]]></source><link>http://rick-kelo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/17767513-you-are-president-what-do-you-do</link><guid>http://rick-kelo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/17767513-you-are-president-what-do-you-do</guid><category>iran</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>unemployment</category><category>economics</category><category>draft</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>libertarian</category><category>wish-list</category><category>war-on-drugs</category><category>conscription</category><category>tariff</category><category>trade-imbalance</category><category>welfare-reform</category><category>speed-bumps</category><category>obamacare</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>tarriff</category><category>rick-kelo</category><category>you-are-president</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 04:57:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Family Received Welfare  | The Weekly Standard</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tamerlan Tsarnaev was on welfare, sponsored by tax payers.&nbsp;Tsarnaev,  now dead, is suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon last week.&nbsp;
"Marathon bombings mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev was living on  taxpayer-funded state welfare benefits even as he was delving deep int&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dBergeron]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dBergeron]]></source><link>http://dbergeron.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/24/17896073-tamerlan-tsarnaev-and-family-received-welfare-the-weekly-standard</link><guid>http://dbergeron.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/24/17896073-tamerlan-tsarnaev-and-family-received-welfare-the-weekly-standard</guid><category>terrorism</category><category>terrorist</category><category>corruption</category><category>boston</category><category>bomber</category><category>illegal</category><category>obama</category><category>welfare</category><category>us-news</category><category>democrat</category><category>criminal</category><category>immigration-reform</category><category>outrage</category><category>undocumented</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>boston-marathon-bomber</category><category>tamerian-tsarnaev</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:20:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbergeron5EE0AE0D-F022-8DC0-3886-CB2E8AA0A1C4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="87" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbergeron5EE0AE0D-F022-8DC0-3886-CB2E8AA0A1C4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="87" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Republicans Wanted Chained CPI, But Now Paul Ryan is Demanding Even Deeper Cuts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Republican&rsquo;s budget guru (who has yet to do the math on his budgets)  dismissed the President&rsquo;s offer of chained CPI today, saying it isn&rsquo;t  entitlement reform &ndash; it&rsquo;s just &ldquo;clarifying a statistic.&rdquo; Just last  December, Republicans sai&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17705752-republicans-wanted-chained-cpi-but-now-paul-ryan-is-demanding-even-deeper-cuts</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17705752-republicans-wanted-chained-cpi-but-now-paul-ryan-is-demanding-even-deeper-cuts</guid><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>president-obama</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>chained-cpi</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:22:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama: Republicans should help 'finish the job' of deficit reduction | The Ticket - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday that his newly unveiled fiscal 2014 budget would &ldquo;reignite&rdquo; sputtering economic growth and pressed skeptical Republicans to help him &ldquo;finish the job&rdquo; of deficit reduction. But while GOP leaders embraced Obama's &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></source><link>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17691206-obama-republicans-should-help-finish-the-job-of-deficit-reduction-the-ticket-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17691206-obama-republicans-should-help-finish-the-job-of-deficit-reduction-the-ticket-yahoo-news</guid><category>budget</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>further-tax-hikes</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:59:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=viceldredAC85701F-03F6-8FCF-A923-0E4D680A41F2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=viceldredAC85701F-03F6-8FCF-A923-0E4D680A41F2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>It&amp;#039;s Official: A Democratic President Proposes to Cut Social Security</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17633656-its-official-a-democratic-president-proposes-to-cut-social-security</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17633656-its-official-a-democratic-president-proposes-to-cut-social-security</guid><category>medicare</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>obama</category><category>john-a-boehner</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>chained-cpi</category><category>american-association-of-retired-persons-aarp</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Apr 2013 23:34:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatA086B668-F657-2083-66EE-8EF03B13EDEB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatA086B668-F657-2083-66EE-8EF03B13EDEB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rick Perry: The Presidential Candidate Ahead of His Time - NationalJournal.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Texas Gov. Rick Perry&rsquo;s 2012 presidential campaign was a slow-motion train wreck, capped off by his embarrassing brain freeze in a nationally televised debate.&nbsp; But as Perry mulls another presidential race in 2016, it&rsquo;s striking that he was campaigning on many of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vic Eldred]]></source><link>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17403747-rick-perry-the-presidential-candidate-ahead-of-his-time-nationaljournalcom</link><guid>http://viceldred.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17403747-rick-perry-the-presidential-candidate-ahead-of-his-time-nationaljournalcom</guid><category>politics</category><category>perry</category><category>immigration-reform</category><category>election-2016</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:47:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=viceldred0ED6FF12-E648-0A73-D776-863BC1B5DCBB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=viceldred0ED6FF12-E648-0A73-D776-863BC1B5DCBB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Beyond Deficit Scare-Mongering </title>
<description><![CDATA[
U.S. politics seems stuck in an endless debate about the size of the  federal deficit and federal debt. From congressional Republicans&rsquo;  refusals to lift the debt ceiling, fears of the &ldquo;fiscal cliff,&rdquo; disputes  about the &ldquo;sequestration&rdquo; and its aut&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17260511-beyond-deficit-scare-mongering</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17260511-beyond-deficit-scare-mongering</guid><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>federal-deficit</category><category>medicaid</category><category>federal-debt</category><category>sequestration</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:14:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. Social Security - SourceWatch</title>
<description><![CDATA[For more than 70 years, U.S. Social Security has guaranteed a  level of economic security for retired workers. Despite Social  Security&rsquo;s popularity and effectiveness, it came under attack under  President George W. Bush, who made privatization of Social Security a  priorit&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17055812-us-social-security-sourcewatch</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17055812-us-social-security-sourcewatch</guid><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>budget-deficit</category><category>erskine-bowles</category><category>alan-simpson</category><category>pete-peterson</category><category>key-facts</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>deep-cuts</category><category>fix-the-debt-campaign</category><category>privatizatioon</category><category>fake-funding-crisis</category><category>work-until-you-die</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:37:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Planting the Seeds of His Own Demise</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Medicine Show Communications]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Medicine Show Communications]]></source><link>http://medicine-show-communications.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15799030-planting-the-seeds-of-his-own-demise</link><guid>http://medicine-show-communications.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15799030-planting-the-seeds-of-his-own-demise</guid><category>social-security</category><category>republican-party</category><category>us-news</category><category>private-sector</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>democrat-senate</category><category>counter-revolutionwe</category><category>fify-reply</category><category>big-bob</category><category>obama-what</category><category>marian-berry</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 21:52:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=medicine-show-communications5660B02F-EADA-7E2D-19A4-D4CBB4A2CFCD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="110" width="110" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=medicine-show-communications5660B02F-EADA-7E2D-19A4-D4CBB4A2CFCD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="110" height="110" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Why Democrats Should Embrace &quot;Entitlement Reform&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
If a baseball player was on a hot home run streak, and faced a pitcher who threw nothing but fastballs straight down the plate, wouldn't you be upset if the slugger let two perfectly good pitches go without swinging for the fences? If the batter struck out, would you walk out i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15582606-why-democrats-should-embrace-entitlement-reform</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15582606-why-democrats-should-embrace-entitlement-reform</guid><category>medicare</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>entitlements</category><category>bernie-sanders</category><category>bush-tax-cuts</category><category>alan-grayson</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Dec 2012 03:15:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand3620F48D8-8EE5-785F-AD87-F4C735EF56E9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="45" width="45" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand3620F48D8-8EE5-785F-AD87-F4C735EF56E9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="45" height="45" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Top Democrats Drive Hard Bargiain In Budget Talks </title>
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Democratic leaders, frustrated by the GOP&rsquo;s unwillingness to reckon with the need to raise taxes, are publicly airing the hard-bargaining demands they&rsquo;re bringing to budget negotiations with Republicans.
The Senate&rsquo;s top two Democrats, in separate remarks Tue&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15509621-top-democrats-drive-hard-bargiain-in-budget-talks</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15509621-top-democrats-drive-hard-bargiain-in-budget-talks</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>senate-democrats</category><category>dick-durbin</category><category>tax-reform</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><category>entitlements-off-the-table</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:28:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499F834F492-68EF-9083-B8EE-0AA267AE8473.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499F834F492-68EF-9083-B8EE-0AA267AE8473.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Entitlement Reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[There is a new petition to stop Entitlement Reform. Its necessary to stop this action because it would negatively impact the poverty stricken the hardest. I ask all of you to please sign it@&nbsp;&nbsp;http://wh.gov/XDPU&nbsp;thank you! Richard Paul]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bettermsnbc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bettermsnbc]]></source><link>http://bettermsnbc.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15189900-entitlement-reform</link><guid>http://bettermsnbc.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15189900-entitlement-reform</guid><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>social-security</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:58:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dems Still in Denial on Entitlements Doom </title>
<description><![CDATA[These alarming pieces of news ought to be greeted with dismay and resolve to deal with the entitlements problem that is leading the country to insolvency. But one end of the political spectrum&nbsp;believes things are just fine:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11369904-dems-still-in-denial-on-entitlements-doom</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11369904-dems-still-in-denial-on-entitlements-doom</guid><category>election</category><category>medicare</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>income</category><category>nancy-pelosi</category><category>entitlements</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:31:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Greek ruins, American-style. by Jeff Kuhner. Monday, February 20, 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Mr. Obama&rsquo;s 2013 federal budget is a political document. It is a  blueprint for Democratic governance, as well as a liberal template for  Mr. Obama&rsquo;s re-election. The budget embodies the entitlement state on  steroids.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10461752-greek-ruins-american-style-by-jeff-kuhner-monday-february-20-2012</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10461752-greek-ruins-american-style-by-jeff-kuhner-monday-february-20-2012</guid><category>politics</category><category>debt</category><category>obama</category><category>entitlements</category><category>government-spending</category><category>federal-budget</category><category>redistribution</category><category>austerity</category><category>unfunded-liabilities</category><category>social-anarchy</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>class-warfare-liberalism</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:26:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Perry Proposes Plan for 20% Flat Tax Rate</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Perry&nbsp;is proposing to set a single 20 per cent tax rate for all US businesses and individuals in a high risk attempt by the Texas governor running for the White House to present a staunchly conservative fiscal policy prescription for the ailing US economy.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/25/8485654-perry-proposes-plan-for-20-flat-tax-rate</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/25/8485654-perry-proposes-plan-for-20-flat-tax-rate</guid><category>wall-street-journal</category><category>cut</category><category>us-news</category><category>wsj</category><category>politico</category><category>john-taylor</category><category>steve-forbes</category><category>social-security-reform</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>david-malpass</category><category>rick-petty</category><category>susan-dudley</category><category>flat-tax-rate-of-20</category><category>balance-and-grow</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:39:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nullE6689EAE-E414-B2A6-0DE4-CE33A43D87CA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="199" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nullE6689EAE-E414-B2A6-0DE4-CE33A43D87CA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rick Perry: My Tax and Spending Reform Plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[By&nbsp;RICK PERRY
The folks in Washington might not like to hear it, but the plain truth is the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/25/8485391-rick-perry-my-tax-and-spending-reform-plan</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/25/8485391-rick-perry-my-tax-and-spending-reform-plan</guid><category>politics</category><category>wall-street-journal</category><category>cut</category><category>wsj</category><category>politico</category><category>john-taylor</category><category>steve-forbes</category><category>social-security-reform</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>david-malpass</category><category>rick-petty</category><category>susan-dudley</category><category>flat-tax-rate-of-20</category><category>balance-and-grow</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:06:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null4C24932A-38BD-36CB-78CF-00FDC8F7B740.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="199" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null4C24932A-38BD-36CB-78CF-00FDC8F7B740.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>      Professor Takes PBS to Task On Inequality Analysis - Steven J. Gulitti - Open Salon     </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[sjgulitti]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[sjgulitti]]></source><link>http://sjgulitti.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7905839-professor-takes-pbs-to-task-on-inequality-analysis-steven-j-gulitti-open-salon</link><guid>http://sjgulitti.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7905839-professor-takes-pbs-to-task-on-inequality-analysis-steven-j-gulitti-open-salon</guid><category>politics</category><category>tea-party</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>incom-inequality</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:35:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sjgulitti9C0BE940-7D91-8845-8E15-7AB7D4C41149.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="50" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sjgulitti9C0BE940-7D91-8845-8E15-7AB7D4C41149.jpg&amp;width=120" width="50" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Maybe Telling the Truth Works? </title>
<description><![CDATA[According to this CNN poll (PDF), 52% of GOP voters over 65 years old back Perry for the GOP nomination.&nbsp; Among those 50 and older, 41% back Perry (next in support among this group is Romney, with 22%).&nbsp; With Pery being the candidate who is correctly identifying Social &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/13/7737309-maybe-telling-the-truth-works</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/13/7737309-maybe-telling-the-truth-works</guid><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>federal-government</category><category>community-organizer</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>washington-examiner</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:10:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New Poll Says Americans Want Higher Taxes On Wealthy And No Entitlement Reform From Super Congress&amp;nbsp;(LINKS) </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/15/7379791-new-poll-says-americans-want-higher-taxes-on-wealthy-and-no-entitlement-reform-from-super-congressnbsplinks</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/15/7379791-new-poll-says-americans-want-higher-taxes-on-wealthy-and-no-entitlement-reform-from-super-congressnbsplinks</guid><category>us-news</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>tax-on-wealthy</category><category>super-congress</category><category>cnn-orc-poll</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:58:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Was the downgrade a rejection of ObamaCare? </title>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;So make no mistake: Health care reform is entitlement reform.&rdquo; &mdash; Barack Obama, April 14, 2009
&ldquo;Health care reform is entitlement reform.&rdquo; &mdash; Peter Orszag, OMB Director, February 23, 2009
Whenever Republicans insisted on debating entitlement ref&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/07/7292829-was-the-downgrade-a-rejection-of-obamacare</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/07/7292829-was-the-downgrade-a-rejection-of-obamacare</guid><category>economy</category><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>downgrade</category><category>entitlements</category><category>s-p</category><category>obamacare</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Aug 2011 16:15:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>  Cold-Hearted Republican Calls for Entitlement Reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[Guess which grandma-hating, Republican SOB wrote this:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Balanced_Budget_Amendment]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Balanced_Budget_Amendment]]></source><link>http://balanced-budget-amendment.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/03/7242908-cold-hearted-republican-calls-for-entitlement-reform</link><guid>http://balanced-budget-amendment.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/03/7242908-cold-hearted-republican-calls-for-entitlement-reform</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Aug 2011 22:39:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich</title>
<description><![CDATA[What&rsquo;s the point of voting if all you get is different reincarnations of George W. Bush?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/01/7218471-a-sugar-coated-satan-sandwich</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/01/7218471-a-sugar-coated-satan-sandwich</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>debt-ceiling-compromise</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:52:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Right Debt-Ceiling Deal Could Stoke the Market</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/09/7050797-right-debt-ceiling-deal-could-stoke-the-market</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/09/7050797-right-debt-ceiling-deal-could-stoke-the-market</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>spending-cuts</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>fiscal-times</category><category>revenue-enhancers</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Jul 2011 22:03:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>      The Looming Compromise on Revenues - Steven J. Gulitti - Open Salon     </title>
<description><![CDATA[Against the backdrop of heightened political rhetoric among conservatives about not being willing to raise tax revenues as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling, there is a growing acknowledgement among many Republicans in Washington as to the ultimate need to increase reven&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[sjgulitti]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[sjgulitti]]></source><link>http://sjgulitti.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/08/7043823-the-looming-compromise-on-revenues-steven-j-gulitti-open-salon</link><guid>http://sjgulitti.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/08/7043823-the-looming-compromise-on-revenues-steven-j-gulitti-open-salon</guid><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>medicaid</category><category>republican-party</category><category>tom-coburn</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>grover-norquist</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>saxby-chambliss</category><category>eric-cantor</category><category>americans-for-tax-reform</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>debt-negotiations</category><category>mike-lee</category><category>pbs-news-hour</category><category>taxpayer-protection-pledge</category><category>vin-weber</category><category>pew-research-polling</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:30:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Poll: Majority Don't Want Entitlement Cuts To Reduce Deficit</title>
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Despite all the talk about cutting the deficit, neither party has wanted to be the first one to put entitlements on the chopping block.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/07/7036757-poll-majority-dont-want-entitlement-cuts-to-reduce-deficit</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/07/7036757-poll-majority-dont-want-entitlement-cuts-to-reduce-deficit</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>medicare</category><category>usa</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>federal-deficit</category><category>budget-cuts</category><category>republican</category><category>dems</category><category>democrat</category><category>entitlements</category><category>federal-budget</category><category>debt-ceiling</category><category>debt-limit</category><category>entitlement-programs</category><category>entitlement-reform</category><category>debt-negotiaions</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jul 2011 21:45:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz3AB17126-D5B3-0A32-6F3E-ABA8587B0B54.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz3AB17126-D5B3-0A32-6F3E-ABA8587B0B54.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>