Hillary favors a "bipartisan commission" to handle SS and Medicare

That's sooooo Washington :eyes:

Here's how it works:

A bunch of "Wise Old Men", long-removed from political relevance anymore, but otherwise card-carrying members of the Georgetown cocktail party circuit (Lee Hamilton, Lawrence Eagleburger, Vernon Jordan, Alan Simpson, Madeline Albright, Jim Baker, et al.) are appointed to be on a commission to handle some vexing problem .

There is much fanfare and a naive expectation that things will actually change.

After many months, the commission produces a gobbledygook, policy wonky report making a bunch of recommendations.

A press conference is held. A lot of press conferences are held.

Congress and the president express some quaint interest before throwing the report in the trash can.

Nothing changes.

it's a good idea.

that's how things get marginalized

that's why Washington moves so slow

It's the way things have always been done.
It doesn't work.

You're just wrong. Washington has always worked that way. Washington works slowly by design. It's all good.

answer they annoint a 'bipartisan commission' to fix that problem, that never gets fixed. Meanwhile, tons of time and money is spent on the bureaucratic bullshit.

said. The real purpose of a commission is to let a "bipartisan" group of rich people determine that ONLY a privatization plan can "save" SS.

you are so right on her "plan"...