GOP Super Committee Co-Chair: Lawmakers Failed Because Democrats Refused To Privatize Medicare

GOP Super Committee Co-Chair: Lawmakers Failed Because Democrats Refused To Privatize Medicare: pRep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) faults the Democrats’ refusal to accept partial Medicare privatization for the super committee’s inability to come up with a bipartisan plan to lower spending in today’s Wall Street Journal. He writes, “Democrats on the committee made it clear that the new spending called for in the president’s health law was off [...]/p