Last year, we spent $456 billion on Medicare, and it is the fastest growing major government program. How likely is it that the people protesting Obama’s Medicare cuts will stand with Republicans if they propose cutting that program even more to balance the budget? They will switch sides in an instant. The elderly will fight anyone who tries to cut their benefits even as they hypocritically demand fiscal responsibility and rant about the national debt. The elderly are the reason why we have a national debt.
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Monday ~ September 21st, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Robert Waldmann
I am reading this blog for the very first time, but it sure seems to me that you and Bruce Bartlett have a lot in common, that is, you seem to be presenting yourself as a reality based conservative. As far as I can tell you and Bartlett are reality based conservatives. I think you might be interested in working together (as in he’s got this new magazine which might not have as many submissions as he would like because he keeps announcing that it exists and maybe not just for subscritions).