HealthCare Notes

3/7/13

Has NPR Joined Peter Peterson's Crusade Against Social Security and Medicare? | Common Dreams

Has NPR Joined Peter Peterson's Crusade Against Social Security and Medicare? | Common Dreams
"Peter Peterson, the Wall Street investment banker, has been most visible in this effort, committing over $1 billion of his fortune for this purpose. Recently he enlisted a group of CEOs in his organization, Fix the Debt, which quite explicitly hopes to divert concerns over income inequality into concerns over generational inequality. It argues that programs like Social Security and Medicare, whose direct beneficiaries are disproportionately elderly, are taking resources from the young."