Chan Lowe: Gutting Medicare II

There were elements of President Obama?s budget speech that left us wanting more, but in one area he delivered. He was right to cast the coming battle over the deficit as a moral issue, since the main battleground will be entitlement programs like Medicaid and Medicare, which exist because at the time of their inception, this nation felt an obligation to fulfill a moral imperative.

The Republican Party, particularly its Tea Party wing, is making an amoral, purely financial argument. The argument is simplistic and cunning, yet does not stand up to the test of the American character.

One thing everyone agrees on is that the deficit must be reduced. How it is done will depend on who is able to make the most compelling case to the American people. Republicans, in their zeal not to raise taxes on anyone?particularly the wealthy?will continue to push the discredited notion that by removing any financial fetters from the well-off, we will stimulate an economy that will float all boats.

Source: http://blogs.trb.com/news/opinion/chanlowe/blog/2011/04/chan_lowe_gutting_medicare_ii.html

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