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Entitlement Reform an Uphill Battle

By Michael Gerson
WASHINGTON -- On the federal debt crisis, inertia has all the momentum. A compelling political logic favors inaction. America's debt problem is mainly an entitlement spending problem. Serious entitlement reform would involve concentrating limited resources on the poor, eliminating subsidies for the rich and moving support for the middle class from a system of defined benefits to defined... (Read Full Article)

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