 dems shut down talk of entitlement reforms president obama is scheduled to meet with congressional leaders on friday to begin discussions on avoiding the fiscal cliff which if not averted will likely bring on another recession in 2013 so in advance of that meeting and after the president met with union and progressive groups on tuesday democrats are openly stating that entitlement reforms will not be on the table how much will they have to tax the rich to fill the gap read the article at  wwwnationaljournalcom daily demstogopnoentitlementreforms20121114  dems shut down talk entitlement reforms  