We all know there are naysayers on Facebook, but frankly conservatives have a monstrous opportunity over the next few months to sell big reforms on Medicare and Medicaid, and indirectly Social Security. We can turn the massive ship of state in a big way if we can convince voters...especially younger and older voters...that we must move away from central government command and control services and move things back in control of the individual and (for Medicaid) the states. Ryan’s plans are a realistic plan. The public does not hate Medicare, if fact, they like it, we have to reshape it it make it work, reduce the future impact busting our budget and economy, and put control back in the individual. This is a fight worth 100% of our effort, and it will change our politics to know big reform ideas can win the day.
Ha....just realized I wrote ‘Facebook’ and not ‘Freerepublic’ in my opening sentence. It might make more sense with the edit.
“The public does not hate Medicare, if fact, they like it, we have to reshape it it make it work, reduce the future impact busting our budget and economy, and put control back in the individual.”
The public loves anything that gives them “something for nothing”. That is Medicare. They love it.
The TEA party was as much about keeping Medicare as-is in the face of Obama Care than anything else.
The unfortunate fact is that Medicare is a socialist program with no Constitutional basis and should never have been put in place and should be ended at the soonest possible moment.
But it is indeed popular, and so it will end when the government can no longer borrow money, or force doctors to work at a loss.