David Brooks writes: >He [Obama] is extremely committed to entitlement reform and is plotting >politically feasible ways to reduce Social Security as well as health >spending. The White House folks didn’t say this, but I got the impression >they’d be willing to raise taxes on the bottom 95 percent of earners as part >of an overall package.<
the Social Security system runs a surplus these days. Why does it need "reform"? Or is Brooks simply reading what he wants to see into the Obama administration? If Obama is smart, he'll realize that the health system as a whole is all messed up. The right kind of changes in the law (say, instituting the Hawaiian system[*] on a nation-wide level) would raise economic efficiency, which might pay for the reform. [*] I'd like to hear more about that system, if anyone knows the details. -- 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
