So far, this one has been financed in an ad hoc way, each country paying for its own effort.

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Certainly, Republicans and Democrats disagree vociferously about the manner in which we should cut Medicare. (They also play up their differences on the issue in an effort to stick each other with the political blame for Medicare cuts.) But there is a remarkable level of bipartisan agreement on the need to cut Medicare somehow.

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So I want to thank each of them not only for being here today but what I know is going to be an extraordinary effort.

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The public on the whole don't appreciate that just getting through each day as a mother who is disabled, for example, can take as much hard work and effort as athletics training, but with no sponsors, coaches or team-mates to back you up.

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