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Jacob Sullum on Progressives Who Support Welfare for the Rich

Reason Staff | 12.5.2012 7:00 AM

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Since Republicans are pushing entitlement reform and Democrats like taking money from rich people, you might think they could agree on means-testing Medicare and Social Security as part of a deficit reduction deal. Yet as Jacob Sullum notes, many Democrats are surprisingly hostile to the idea of tailoring these programs to help people who actually need them.

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