<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[FISCAL SANITY?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m having trouble believing this president on that particular issue. 2009? I thought the goal was 2008. And why not balance the budget? You know: like Clinton did.</p>
<p><span style="color:#7c7ca6;font-weight:bold;">BOOMERS ONLY? </span>A weird generational emphasis: </p>
<blockquote><p> Our generation has been blessed &#8211; by the expansion of opportunity, by advances in medicine, and by the security purchased by our parents&#8217; sacrifice. Now, as we see a little gray in the mirror &#8211; or a lot of gray &#8211; and we &gt; watch our children moving into adulthood, we ask the question: What will be the state of their union?</p></blockquote>
<p>As a post-boomer, and someone quite unimpressed with the boomer generation, have I just been excluded by the president? I thought he was pitching the social security reform to the younger folk? </p>
<p>Generally speaking: pedestrian start.</p>
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