Perhaps Hillary Clinton’s non-answer to Tim Russert is catching up with her. From today’s Washington Post editorial:
Ms. Clinton’s response? “I’m not putting anything on the proverbial table until we move toward fiscal responsibility,” she said during Wednesday’s debate in New Hampshire. But Ms. Clinton would reverse the Bush tax cuts, whose irresponsibility she correctly derides, in order to fund her health-care program. Because Social Security increases are pegged to wages, rather than inflation, economic growth alone won’t solve the problem. Fiscal responsibility first is fine; fiscal responsibility only is an irresponsible dodge, as Ms. Clinton well knows.
The op-ed also praises Bill Clinton’s 1998-era stand on Social Security reform. I wouldn’t worry about him if I were the Post editors; she’ll “talk to him later.”






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