One thing that struck me was how he said his plan wouldn't add a single dime to the deficit...
...just 900 billion in costs...
...which will be paid for in savings...
...taken from Medicare...
...but he won't cut Medicare...
...just wasteful spending.
Um-m-m...if you could control wasteful government spending you would be pointing to Medicare as a sucess story not as a drain on the system hoping to cover the costs of a massive system expansion.
I know I tend to find sub-text in a lot of things but I hope the average American picked-up on that.
BTW - DU is pretty despondent tonight...only the true believers remain and they are fighting a losing holding action.
Yep, it seems to me that going after the wasteful spending in medicare should be done in any event and shouldn't have to wait for healthcare legislation 4 years down the road. That's also a curious point, if the healthcare crisis is such an emergency, why are we waiting until what would be Barry's second term to implement?
