Re: [Pen-l] Obama , getting money to the working class pronto

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

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
<michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
>>
>>
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