Five Things You Should Read: Deficit Edition

ABC: The four simple steps to fixing the deficit

“The President will make clear that while we all share the goal of reducing our deficit and putting our nation back on a fiscally responsible path, his vision is one where we can live within our means without putting burdens on the middle class and seniors or impeding our ability to invest in our future”

THE HILL: GOP Senators go there on Social Security

“Social Security is going to incur a $5.4 trillion debt over the next 75 years. There’s a big hole in Social Security for two simple reasons: We’re living longer and baby boomers are going to retire…These are facts, and Sen. Reid can’t escape this”

DAILY CALLER: Republicans say Obama’s tax increases are non-starter

“[I]f the President begins the discussion by saying we must increase taxes on the American people – as his budget does – my response will be clear: tax increases are unacceptable and are a nonstarter”

THE RIGHT SPHERE: Now you can prove in less than one minute that raising taxes alone won’t get us out of debt

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SLATE: Hey, or we could just do nothing!

“The truth is we don’t need any of these plans. Every one of them is entirely unnecessary for balancing the budget and eventually reducing the debt. They may even be counterproductive.”