What’s The Difference Between Economist Robert J. Samuelson And A Bucket of Spit?
Answer: The Bucket. Here’s the example of the day, from yesterday’s column in the Washington Post, POSTOPINIONS: Why are we in this debt fix? It’s the elderly, stupid. His (unfortunately) memorable title tells you where this is going. And Mr. Samuelson does not disappoint. He gives those geriatric grayheairs a good beatdown too, like Seinfeld‘s Kramer when he thrashed those youngsters in the dojo, “I’m dominating the dojo. I’m class champion.” (see short vid below).
You may not have known that your seemingly sweet Granny and Gramps were on a jihad bent on burying you and their other children and grandkids under mountains of nationalized debt. I would’ve never suspected my own grandparents, they were always good for a hug and a cookie and an excuse for my parents. (My Great Aunt Ruth, though, for my ninth birthday, gave me the 670 page 1955 edition of Emily Post’s Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage . Obviously, by that act alone, she’d do anything to anyone. Thus, she, at 89 years, remains suspect.)
– ignores the fact that the very reason that people live longer is directly because of Medicare and, indirectly for the elderly living below the poverty line, because of Social Security.(I’d certainly welcome a means test for S.S. and Medicare, but just imagine the outrage from the right wing if that were seriously considered.)
