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A New Survey Finds that Utahns Don't Want to See Medicare and Social Security Cut
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DESPITE THE FAILURE OF THE "SUPER-COMMITTEE" TO AGREE ON A PLAN TO CUT
THE DEFICIT, ONE THING SEEMS CLEAR: UTAHNS DON'T WANT TO SEE
MEDICARE AND SOCIAL-SECURITY CUT. THAT'S ACCORDING TO AN
A-A-R-P UTAH-POLL, RELEASED ON TUESDAY [NOVEMBER 22ND].
ASSOCIATE STATE-DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY, DANNY HARRIS,
EXPLAINS...
(HARRIS):
"FULLY
THREE-QUARTERS OF UTAHNS [WHO WERE] SURVEYED OPPOSE CUTS TO
SOCIAL-SECURITY AND MEDICARE, AS A WAY TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT--INCLUDING
LARGE MAJORITIES FROM [BOTH] THE MOST-LIBERAL AND [THE]
MOST-CONSERVATIVE RESIDENTS. AND, THIS ISN'T LIMITED TO PEOPLE
[WHO ARE] CURRENTLY RECEIVING BENEFITS: THOSE WHO STILL HAVE
DECADES [TO GO] BEFORE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE AND
SOCIAL-SECURITY--RESPONDENTS AGE-18 TO -34--OPPOSE CUTS TO THESE
PROGRAMS--BY A FIVE-TO-ONE MARGIN--COMPARED TO THOSE WHO FAVOR THEM.
THESE NUMBERS INDICATE THAT YOUNGER GENERATIONS--AS WELL AS MOST
CURRENT-BENEFICIARIES--DO NOT WANT TO SEE THESE PROGRAMS SACRIFICED, AS
A MEANS TO CUT THE DEFICIT. WHAT THE SURVEY FOUND IS THAT
RESPONDENTS STRONGLY SUPPORT CLOSING TAX-LOOPHOLES, CUTTING FOREIGN-AID,
AND REDUCING U-S INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, AS OPTIONS TO
REDUCE THE DEFICIT. THESE FINDINGS UNDERSCORE THE NEED FOR UTAHNS
TO LET CONGRESS KNOW [THAT] THEY OPPOSE CUTS TO SOCIAL-SECURITY AND
MEDICARE, AS THE DEBATE AROUND THE NATIONAL-DEBT CONTINUES."
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"A-A-R-P"-DOT-ORG-SLASH-"U-T".
