tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post779893475687639234..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: David Brooks on the Romney-Ryan Medicare PlanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-45025451559567120012012-08-29T17:17:17.934-04:002012-08-29T17:17:17.934-04:00I'm not too sure if Brooks can really read Rom...I'm not too sure if Brooks can really read Romney's mind, but Medicare should be a serious issue this election, especially in regards to our debt and deficit for two big reasons.<br /><br />The CBO reported that the federal budget deficit for this year will be $1.1 trillion (http://1.usa.gov/xju6K9). That number is in addition to total debt over $15 Trillion and projections that by 2021 federal debt will be over $20 trillion (http://1.usa.gov/wt4DPi).<br /><br />And, Medicare is running out of money. The 2012 Trustee's Report reports the exhaustion of Medicare's trust fund in 2024 (http://1.usa.gov/Kg5KuF).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-81009547763762433082012-08-27T21:08:48.169-04:002012-08-27T21:08:48.169-04:00I'm pretty sure that David Brooks, and the oth...I'm pretty sure that David Brooks, and the other "pundits" that draw large salaries from corporate-owned media really believe they are being given such large speaker fees and book contracts because lots of people believe what they write or say and are overjoyed to hear/read these pearls of wisdom. They probably have not read Lewis Powell's memo on how the super-rich can take over and control the "public intellectuals." I'm beginning to think that the weekly explanations of how stupid David Brooks is are counter-productive. All we're doing is feeding the trolls. It would be better to do what the media are finally doing with Sarah Palin -- ignore them and they will disappear.Procopiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554355440319405363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-70719850372302011662012-08-27T12:36:30.768-04:002012-08-27T12:36:30.768-04:00If David Brooks were truly interested in balancing...If David Brooks were truly interested in balancing the budget, he would be talking about the next one or two years, not pie in the sky plans that won't take effect for a decade or two.<br /><br />If Brooks truly believed that the Ryan plan (in its present form, which may be different than yesterday's) was going to fix Medicare without any serious affect on the ability of seniors to get health care, he would be advocating for the immediate implementation of the plan.<br /><br />As would Ryan and Romney.<br /><br />You don't have to think very hard about these issues to see through the nonsense. The sad part is, I think David Brooks sees through the nonsense. But you put speaker fees and book contracts and risk if you bite the hand that feeds you, and there's actually a reward for nipping at the heels of the opposing party, so....Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.com