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Read this on the Web at http://patriotpost.us/edition/2011/06/24/digest/ Digest · June 24, 2011 The Foundation "He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing." --Benjamin Franklin Government & Politics AARP and CBO Realize What Democrats Don't -- Debt is Bad Hands are off current seniors' entitlements You know the debt situation is bad when even AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) changes its tune on Social Security. After staunchly opposing any and all reforms for years, the association announced last Friday that it would be willing to consider changes to the massive FDR-era entitlement program. AARP, one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the co