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Two startlingly different points of view about Social Security's role in " fiscal cliff" negotiations took shape when experts from AARP and the Heritage Foundation recently faced off on C-Span's Washington Journal program.
As Washington struggles to avert a dive over the fiscal cliff, one tax issue at stake - amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars over the next 10 years - hasn't been getting much attention: the price of death.
If Medicare stops offering coverage for 65- and 66-year-olds, who picks up the tab?
Partisan warfare and class warfare, move over. Generational warfare is back ... well, at least tongue-in-cheek needling is.
In what may be a rare point of comity, some politicians in both parties have at least one budget idea they like. And that could be bad news for older Americans.
The weather in Washington is downright balmy today, but a big storm is on the way - a blizzard of phone calls, letters, emails, social media messages and even face-to-face meetings about the " fiscal cliff" and what should be done (if anything) to avert it.
The national debt already amounts to more than $50,000 for every American. The shaky economy could plunge into a new recession if taxes go up at the first of the year. Families could see their paychecks shrink. And programs throughout the federal government will take a whack from automatic spending…
Sick of hearing how politicians can't solve the nation's debt crisis?
For a middle-aged policy wonk, Grover Norquist sure provokes some powerful emotions: fear, loathing, reverence.
If the nation goes over the "fiscal cliff," it could be an especially steep dive for older Americans.