Viewpoints: Starting point for fiscal cliff puts entitlements at risk; Cancer center's actions provide leadership on reducing drug prices

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The closest thing to a framework for a big deficit agreement has more for Republicans to like than for Democrats. Mr. Obama was so eager to reach a deal with Congressional Republicans in 2011 that he agreed to the outline of a plan that made many Democrats cringe. It was well to the political right -- with fewer tax increases, fewer military cuts and more cuts to Medicare and Social Security -- of the bipartisan plan released by the Bowles-Simpson commission in 2010.

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