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Christie’s Entitlement Fix is Broken: Democrat
Democratic economist Jared Bernstein praised Gov. Chris Christie for trying to fix the nation’s broken entitlement system but said Friday the plan by the possible GOP presidential candidate falls short because it would mostly hurt the people who need the assistance. “I give Christie credit for bringing entitlements to the table, but I think it matters what you do when you get to the table,” the former chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”….Bernstein said Christie’s proposal “does virtually nothing” to make the program solvent. “Do you know the amount of people this means-testing [plan] hits? It’s 2 percent,” he said. Read more…