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    • Deficits, Social Security, and the American Public

    Written by Alex Lawson on July 2nd, 2010

    By Benjamin I. Page and Lawrence R. Jacobs

    Memo to Pete Peterson: Americans don’t want cuts Social Security – and here’s the proof.

    Deficit-hawk and investment banker Pete Peterson has devoted a substantial part of his $2.8 billion fortune to pushing for cuts in entitlements like Social Security, in the name of deficit reduction. His Foundation lavishly funded the AmericaSpeaks “town hall” forums held on Saturday, the results of which will be presented to the national Deficit Commission this week — purporting to tell what the American public thinks about various deficit-reduction options.
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