Don't like the rumors about raising the age for Social Security entitlement? Then try this variation: cut the price for cigarettes, promote drug use and "provide tax incentives for seniors who bungee jump off of cliffs."
An Onion-like satire, of course, but doesn't it still seem so true?
 
 
Recent polls find Republicans and Democrats sharply polarized in beliefs, and Independent voters are no help to overcoming this division.

That’s because those Independents appear rather polarized themselves.

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