since when is David Brooks "a moderate"? I guess someone can use any tag he or she wants. I'm a superhero.
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:56 PM, michael perelman <[email protected]> wrote: > What does this mean? > > "The Medicare reform represents a big cut in entitlement spending. It > amounts to means-testing the system. It introduces more competition and cuts > corporate welfare. These are all Republican ideas." > > Is this what he meant? > > "Over the long run, Obama has insisted that health care reform will be > deficit-neutral. Many experts believe this will force Democrats to reduce > the tax exemption for employee insurance benefits in order to raise revenue. > This idea is at the core of most conservative reform proposals." > > > Max Sawicky wrote: >> >> All I've heard are crickets chirping re: the stunning O-budget. >> >> Though to be fair there was this disturbing bit today from that doofus >> Brooks in the NY Times: >> >> "The White House has produced a chart showing nondefense discretionary >> spending as a share of G.D.P. That’s spending for education, welfare >> and all the stuff that Democrats love. Since 1985, this spending has >> hovered around 3.7 percent of G.D.P. This year, it’s about 4.6 >> percent. The White House claims that it is going to reduce this >> spending to 3.1 percent by 2019, lower than at any time in any recent >> Republican administration. I was invited to hang this chart on my wall >> and judge them by how well they meet these targets. (I have.)" >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/opinion/06brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion >> >> > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA > 95929 > > 530 898 5321 > fax 530 898 5901 > http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
