| Entitlement Cap Proposal Would Require Cuts of $1.8 Trillion Over the Next Ten Years , 3/16/04 (5063 words) |
 | Many entitlements programs would likely be cut regardless of whether their costs are rising significantly or whether the programs have contributed to the return of deficits. |
| Second, the cost of an entitlement program in the prior year would be adjusted to reflect changes in the estimated size of the population eligible for the program, where such an adjustment is applicable. |
| Entitlement caps also raise severe equity problems: they would likely lead to large cuts in important programs that are not rising rapidly in cost or contributing to deficits, and would tend strongly to favor the well-to-do over middle- and low-income families and state governments. |
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