The People's Budget supports increasing Social Security's modest benefits separate and apart from budget discussions, because Social Security does not add a penny to the deficit and, by law, is not to be counted as part of the federal budget.
Budget discussions are inevitable.
In fact, they treat budget discussions like folderol.
Fall/winter budget discussions may lead to further review and planning.
"In budget discussions, we're down to talking about the last thousand.
"If things continue to deteriorate, it will become part of the budget discussions again.
"We are getting real close," said one person involved in the budget discussions.
"We have budget discussions in Spain, the troika decision in Greece and demonstrations in both places," Mr. Gijsels said.
That agreement helped move the budget discussions further along than they have been at this date in most years.
"There was a part of me that wanted to be more involved in the budget discussions," she said.
Other budget discussions have broken down, leaving lawmakers struggling to avoid a pileup of dangerous deadlines in September.
