Debt Commission Report Targets Social Security, Medicare

I support the suggestions made in this report. I know it's highly unpopular and the idea of losing public broadcasting and the National Park Service makes me feel physically ill.

But we can't keep funding programs that we can't pay for and until we are at a zero deficit, we need to do some pruning. It's simple math and unless you want to pay more than half your income in taxes from this point on, we HAVE to do this.

Ouch.

Debt Commission Report Targets Social Security, Medicare: "Reduce funding to the Smithsonian and the National Park Service and allow the programs to offset the reduction through fees; Cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting."