[kabar]

The author is right. Unless we tackle entitlement reform--especially Medicare--then we are headed for the toliet. Reductions in so-called discretionary spending will not solve the primary drivers of our debts and deficit, i.e., the entitlement programs. 40% of Medicare expenditures come from the General Fund.

[mrsmith]

Framing the debate that way is like saying “Don’t start lifting small weights- benchpress 400 pounds or don’t bother weightlifting at all!”
Like the “comprehensive immigration reform or nothing!” meme it will block any action at all. (And that is the author’s purpose).
All entitlement spending is equally harmful.

[Olog-hai]

So how does that make spending cuts “scarier” than continuing to spend?

[yorkiemom]

Nice charts, thank you.