For Fred Hiatt, the Point of "Entitlement" Reform Is to Hurt Middle Income and Moderate Income People

That's what readers of his column attacking President Obama for failing to cut Medicare and Social Security would conclude. The piece includes several quotes from Obama in 2009 and 2010 about the need to slow the growth in the cost of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. He then complains that Obama has not followed through by pushing for cuts in these programs.

In fact, Obama did actually propose cuts repeatedly for these programs as part of a deal with Republicans that would include mor...