Each side praised the other’s seriousness, but basic differences remained. They are at odds over how to trim annual budget deficits.
The optimism of Friday faded overnight as partisanship again takes over the debate on debt limits and possible default.
Americans support trimming the federal budget but also want programs like Medicare, Social Security and infrastructure left alone.
Experts say Medicare will go broke in five years and Social Security will follow in a dozen unless serious reform comes.
Her proposed changes to entitlements for the younger generation provide a way to reduce Social Security payments and Medicare benefits.
A tax hike would help shore up the key trust fund that pays for Medicare.
In recent years, Republicans keep coming up with ways to cut aid to Americans who paid for Social Security and Medicare while propping up aid to the rich who pay no taxes.
The President presents a positive view of the nation’s state while Republicans, plagued by scandals and internal strife, claim days of terror lie ahead.
His legislative accomplishments are legacy-defining. Still, he wants to do much more.
Fake mailters, phone solicitations and fraud go hand-in-hand during Open Season for supplemental insurance under Medicare.