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The Therapy Sessions
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
 

Glad To Have You Aboard, Matt


Matthew Miller, a liberal columnist:Dems in disarray over Medicare
The missing voice. At this crucial juncture, there is simply no voice for generational equity and fiscal sanity in American politics. The bill's $400 billion over 10 years - which all sides know is just a down payment on seniors' drug costs - is all being borrowed from our children.

Who says younger taxpayers should be footing most of the bill for non-poor seniors when there are already $25 trillion in unfunded liabilities in Social Security and Medicare today? Not to mention 44 million uninsured, and a host of other unmet needs for Americans who happen not to be senior citizens.

Put another way, what will non-poor seniors' food bills be over the next decade? Or clothing bills? Should younger workers be expected to fund most of those as well?


- posted by total @ 12/09/2003 06:01:00 AM .

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