http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/22884/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-reporter-slight-reduction-entitlement-spending-big-downside-old-and-poor <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Showing how difficult it is to make the smallest reductions in federal spending, <em>New York Times</em> personal finance reporter Tara Siegel Bernard's latest "Your Money" column criticized, as hurting the old and poor, a proposed change in how inflation is calculated that would slightly curb the annual increases in entitlement spending. The proposal is generally supported by conservatives and reviled by liberals. </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-reporter-slight-reduction-entitlement-spending-big-downside-old-and-poor" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Chained CPI entitlements Social Security Tara Siegel Bernard Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:43:45 +0000 clay.waters 43297 at http://archive2.mrc.org