It's a satirical essay. The clue is in the subtitle, "A modest proposal on debt: Let the government close." It's an allusion to a famous 18th century satirical essay by Jonathan Swift in which he suggests that the Irish could ease their poverty by selling their children to rich people, who would eat them. The purpose of the "modest proposal" was to expose the callousness of British policy toward Ireland.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "johnt" <johnlasher20002000@...> wrote: > > > This is an article by Jeff Reeves for market watch. It shows the mentality of > him towards seniors. Word of this and hime should be sent far and widwide and > Market Watch should be contacted and all sponsors boycotted. > > JEFF REEVES Archives | Email alerts > July 14, 2011, 12:00 p.m. EDT > > ROCKVILLE, Md. (MarketWatch) > > Take Medicare, one of the biggest causes of our current budget trouble. If we > slash spending dramatically, we will not only eliminate one of the biggest > drains on the U.S. Treasury, but we will also fix the nagging demographic > problem caused by the baby boomers living longer and clogging Social Security > rolls. > Without health care, surely few of our seniors will survive into old age. > This will dramatically reduce both future Medicare and Social Security > payouts. > These socialist programs are part of the problem. It's time to make them part > of the solution. >
