Washington Post—Obama won't endorse raising retirement age or reducing Social Security benefits: "President Obama has decided not to endorse his deficit commission's recommendation to raise the retirement age, and otherwise reduce Social Security benefits, in Tuesday's State of the Union address. ... Over the weekend, the White House informed Democratic lawmakers and advocates for seniors that Obama will emphasize the need to reduce record deficits in the speech, but that he will not call for reducing spending on Social Security - the single largest federal program - as part of that effort."
GOOD.
Of course, the Wall Street Journal reported precisely the opposite this morning, so I guess it's possible we'll still be surprised/disappointed during the State of the Union tomorrow. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
I love mysteries!
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