Republican House bill on debt ceiling sets stage for bipartisan assault on social programs

In the current debt ceiling dispute, both sides claim the basic entitlement programs—Social Security and Medicare—are “off the table.” But behind the choreographed back and forth between the two parties, and over the heads of the population, the corporate elite is preparing to gut these programs to pay for war and bank bailouts.

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