'Technical Fix' for Social Security Will Shrink Benefits to the Poor

By William Greider | The Nation – 4 hrs ago...

The Nation -- The newspapers say the congressional super-committee is stalemated on how to reduce the federal deficits, but Democrats and Republicans already agree on one thing. Both parties want to whack Social Security, hoping the old folks won’t notice. Some policy wonks have shown the politicians a sly way to shrink Social Security benefits and call it a “technical fix.â€