Digby had this post up the other day about Pete Peterson and his ongoing quest to "reform" entitlement spending. He seems to be ratcheting up the pressure using the current fiscal crisis as a rationale. Classic Shock Doctrine.
Now, Kent Conrad and Gregg Judd have joined forces to try and have a commission set up to make *binding* recommendations to reform Social Security and Medicare which they claim are unsustainable. Kind of interesting that Conrad is saying this now, while he is voting for the Health Care Bill which extends the life of Medicare. I have a couple of questions about the binding nature of the Senate commission. First and foremost, would the recommendations be binding on the House as well. Another, will any other Republican, besides Judd, vote for this? They've been trying to kill Social Security from the git go. Will they switch now or hold to their determination to prevent any and all Democratic initiatives.
Second attempt. For some reason blogger moved this to 10:17 a.m.
