Barack Obama isn't wasting any time taking on two of the toughest political and fiscal issues in Washington -- Social Security and Medicare. In an interview last week with the Washington Post, Mr. Obama said he plans to tackle entitlement reform head-on, because it's the only way the federal government can get its financial house in order.
There are no easy fixes for Social Security or Medicare. But between the two programs, Social Security presents a more clear-cut series of...
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