The fact is, that elements in the Republican party and indeed Obama are talking about cutting Medicaid and Medicare. If they succeed this will have the actual effect of shorting the lives of the poor, elderly and disabled as quoted in the article, and will indeed lessen the expenses to the government without raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy. Regardless of the author's intent, which may have admittedly been to raise public ire, what he's said is actually happening. It would be similar to having a satire on the Holocaust which should still raise public indignation.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "johnt" <johnlasher20002000@> wrote: > > > > Not only is the Wall Street Journal involved in a wiretapping > > scandal, but now they have writers suggesting the elimination > > of the elderly and disabled through cutting their medical > > insurance. This article was published by Market watch, which > > is owned by the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. > > Unbelievable!!! > > > > This is NOT a satire > > John...it's absolutely a satire. As feste explained, the > words "modest proposal" give it away. > > Read this: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal > > Ever since Swift's essay, "modest proposal" has been a > term that signals satire. >
