On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > First off, I really applaud the guy for making a sincere effort, no > matter what you may think about how he gets the job done (which, btw, > is 25 years away in his plan).
Err, what makes you think that it is a sincere effort? He wouldn't even use real numbers like, say, the CBO, in his proposal but instead cherry picks from "reputable" places like the Heritage Foundation and then twists even those partisan figures so much that the original authors disavow them. His predictions are based on a belief that tax cuts for the wealthy will push us to 2.8% unemployment for Christs sake which is over what the Reserve Board considers full employment. He estimates one million new private sector jobs *next year* and unemployment rate of 4% by 2015. Those are not realistic numbers. Moving Medicare from a defined benefit to a defined contribution model won't do much for holding down health care costs, imho. And he doesn't really touch on defense spending at all as far as I'm aware. So if you don't hold down the rise in medical costs and you don't hold down defense spending, I just don't see that you've done much for structural long term debt. I'll wait and look for a plan that actually genuinely addresses those issues. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336144 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
