Thread: 'Technical Fix' for Social Security Will Shrink Benefits

'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€

If they could improve the detection of dishonesty and improper awards in the Medicaid program that would save money, just as well. The SSI program could also be examined for overly generous benefits awarded to sponsored immigrants.