Sometimes the most basic of problems -- ones where the solution is fairly simple -- linger for decades in Washington, primarily for protection of status quo reasons. A good example is Social Security -- the huge, bedrock entitlement program, often portrayed as facing a dire circumstance, when, in fact, as former U.S. Labor Department Secretary and current Berkeley Professor Robert Reich pointed out, the solution is fairly basic.
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While many people were enjoying time with their families on Mother's Day, the White House released a bit of news that may fly under the radar of some. According to The New York Times, President Obama's chief economics forecaster Christina Romer, chairwoman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, announced that she 

