the "out years"

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Some indefinite time in the future," indeed, but still in a
budget-planning, apocalypse-averting  context.

He was contrasting people who receive SS and Medicare benefits now with
those who will do so in "the out years,"  or, as we used to call them,
"later."  He doesn't want current recipients to be affected by budget cuts.

JL



On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:56:38AM -0400, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > President Obama referrred this morning to "the out years" despite the
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> > that OED has no idea what he's talking about.
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> I missed the talk--what did he say? Something other than "Originally
> (Finance): a year beyond the scope of a current budget cycle. Now also
> more widely: some indefinite time in the future", which is more or less
> what the link you gave shows?
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> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
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