Source: Article contributed by Jim Kirwan, Vatic contributor
Title: The Drive to Eliminate Social Security Accelerates
By: By Shamus Cooke, Information Clearinghouse
Date: February 23, 2010
In Washington each new day brings a fresh call to “reform entitlement programs” — Social Security, Medicare, etc., (in Congress, the word “reform” now means to eliminate, or drastically reduce). Tackling Social Security has been on the to-do list of the corporate elite for years, and they’re not waiting any longer. After years of promoting this cause, conservative think tanks have now garnered solid support from the political establishment as a whole, which includes the Republican and Democratic parties.