Brian: Whether you realize it or not, you’re doing it again. You accuse others on the site of engaging in rhetoric or hyperbole, and yet you do so as well.
To accuse everyone involved in the Tea Party movement of being some Palin-worshipping, gun-toting, Birther whacko is to engage in the same sort of broad brush tarring you deplore in the right wingers and neo-cons. The fact is, there are quite a lot of folks out there worried about the very points that Hobie brought up: How on earth are we going to afford another trillion dollars worth of spending in the condition we’re in right now?
And, no, don’t throw that CBO report at me. Both parties have been gaming CBO reports since Jesus was in short pants. If you want an interesting read, drag out the original CBO report on Medicare back in 1965.
Its an interesting read, and his assertion is the report has been gamed, and there are significant worries regarding not only the health care bill, but also the overall fiscal health of the country in the coming decades.
You may argue that universal care is a universal right, but the reality is far more sanguine: We need to spend on only those things we need. Period. We need to cut defense and entitlement spending and recognize that we’re now saddled with an aging populace and a dwindling tax base. The government is not responsible for everything, and we need to rein in spending and do so now.
