Monday, July 27, 2009
Panicking over a panic, Part III
Robert J. Samuelson states the obvious: the health-care plans on the table are about expanding coverage, not controlling costs. ... Paul Krugman is once again snarling away at moderate and conservative Democrats, saying they were the ones who sided with Bush’s deficit-ballooning tax cuts. He doesn’t address Obama’s deficit-ballooning spending increases. The two sides are just mirror images of themselves. ... BTW: No numbers per se in PK's column. No rebuttal of CBO's figures. Just standard righteous anger. ... Ezra Klein mutters the words that should strike fear in the hearts of all noble men: "Obama has left the details of his effort almost entirely to Congress." ... He should have plunked "again" somewhere in that sentence.
Robert J. Samuelson states the obvious: the health-care plans on the table are about expanding coverage, not controlling costs. ... Paul Krugman is once again snarling away at moderate and conservative Democrats, saying they were the ones who sided with Bush’s deficit-ballooning tax cuts. He doesn’t address Obama’s deficit-ballooning spending increases. The two sides are just mirror images of themselves. ... BTW: No numbers per se in PK's column. No rebuttal of CBO's figures. Just standard righteous anger. ... Ezra Klein mutters the words that should strike fear in the hearts of all noble men: "Obama has left the details of his effort almost entirely to Congress." ... He should have plunked "again" somewhere in that sentence.
