Presidential candidates avoiding discussing entitlements

[Lauxa]

From today's Chronicle:

Solving the larger problem of entitlement spending, though, receives scant attention from the candidates vying to be Bush's successor.

"The campaign rhetoric hasn't made me feel any better about all of this," Bixby said.

Candidates from both parties have said little about the rising cost of entitlements because slowing the advance of the big money requires hard choices — saying no to good programs or popular tax breaks, for example.

Seems like this article could use a few RP comments to remind people that one candidate is addressing these issues.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/steffy/5430275.html