Title: Obama White House Hands Out 111 Obamacare Waivers- Hides It on Website Source:
YouTube/Fox URL Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Uu_tI0hTw Published:Nov 14, 2010 Author:Fox Post Date:2010-11-14 16:11:17 by Happy Quanzaa Keywords:Obamacare, Dear Leader Views:3767 Comments:4
And I said then and I still say that in the end he’ll support the gutting of Social Security. You just watch.
Now we’re starting to see Krugman’s maneuver in that direction. Before I get to his current advocacy of death panels and regressive taxation, let’s first go over today’s column. It’s a typical batch of Thugman nonsense and lies, and I don’t normally bother, but since we’re already here…..
While opposing the Bailout isn’t sufficient to signify that one has the right ideas, it is necessary. (He was also Hack #1 pied piping for the health racket bailout and austerity bill.)
With that, we reach his call for death panels and regressive taxes:
So, what I said is that the eventual resolution of the deficit problem both will and should rely on “death panels and sales taxes”. What I meant is that
(a) health care costs will have to be controlled, which will surely require having Medicare and Medicaid decide what they’re willing to pay for — not really death panels, of course, but consideration of medical effectiveness and, at some point, how much we’re willing to spend for extreme care
(b) we’ll need more revenue — several percent of GDP — which might most plausibly come from a value-added tax
…But medical costs must be controlled somehow, or nothing works. And is a modest VAT really so much more implausible than ending the mortgage interest deduction?
1. What deficit problem? Why is Krugman suddenly echoing Republican talking points? Very interesting…
