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We’ve averted the arbitrarily-created fiscal cliff, but “fixing the debt” is still on the minds of many GOP leaders. No, they don’t call for more cuts on defense spending but rather, and as former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich fears<\/a>, cutting into Social Security and Medicare net in shaky economic times. Hope the elderly are hanging on tight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve averted the arbitrarily-created fiscal cliff, but “fixing the debt” is still on the minds of many GOP leaders. No, they don’t call for more cuts on defense spending but rather, and as former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich fears, cutting into Social Security and Medicare net in shaky economic times. Hope the elderly are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":137215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nZooming In On The Social Safety Net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We've averted the arbitrarily-created fiscal cliff, but "fixing the debt" is still on the minds of many GOP leaders.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/political-ironing\/02\/10\/social-safety-net-cartoon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zooming In On The Social Safety Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We've averted the arbitrarily-created fiscal cliff, but "fixing the 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