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octoberlib

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9. Totally agree about the cost of healthcare nt

Reply to yardwork (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 02:54 PM

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NYT columnist David Brooks hits a new low [View all] octoberlib Jan 2013 OP

Congressman Blumenthal posted this as "recommended reading" on Facebook this morning Kolesar Jan 2013 #1

The Addition pf a Prescription Drug Benefit to Medicare Indykatie Jan 2013 #26

I wonder if the law makers are aware of how arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #31

Remind Blumenthal that Brooks said the Bush tax cuts wouldn't add to the deficit... JHB Jan 2013 #33

So cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. is the ONLY way to fix our government spending? Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2013 #2

Paying into Medicare and receiving its benefits is not unlike health insurance no_hypocrisy Jan 2013 #3

Yes, it's a shared risk like any other insurance Freddie Jan 2013 #36

What I object to is that he's blaming seniors octoberlib Jan 2013 #4

But does Medicare have to cost that much? yardwork Jan 2013 #5

Totally agree about the cost of healthcare nt octoberlib Jan 2013 #9

And while I am the last person to blame doctors.... yardwork Jan 2013 #15

Correct Freddie Jan 2013 #35

Big Pharma....cost of meds....Bush giveaway.... yardwork Jan 2013 #41

I suspect Brooks overheard this whilst standing around the Applebee's salad bar. Fumesucker Jan 2013 #6

That is hilarious! yardwork Jan 2013 #16

'the jokes write themselves' - lol, they do, indeed. closeupready Jan 2013 #20

The blame should be on high costs for health care octoberlib Jan 2013 #7

+1 limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #13

Why they continue to employ this smarmy, intentionally misleading git is beyond me. Chorophyll Jan 2013 #8

+1000 for use of the word git. dionysus Jan 2013 #18

Thanks. I've got a touch of the ol' Anglophilia. Chorophyll Jan 2013 #21

yes. yes of course. dionysus Jan 2013 #22

I know it is uncivil of me but sometimes I wish Skidmore Jan 2013 #10

Sounds like a sociopath. yardwork Jan 2013 #42

"Brooks projectile vomits in the New York Times" is the way I would put it. CTyankee Jan 2013 #11

omg what an huge loser. And intellectually dishonest. he is now politically irrelevant. limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #12

Another bullshit pile of steaming crap. SomethingFishy Jan 2013 #14

there's nothing new about this Enrique Jan 2013 #17

Republican Brooks blames the needy, poor. Man bites dog. closeupready Jan 2013 #19

Brooks is a Moonie Octafish Jan 2013 #23

Brooks' math is off. bluestate10 Jan 2013 #24

Yes David, everyone knows the average age of our population was only 14... DCKit Jan 2013 #25

No David, it's not $234,000 in "free money". Those people aren't installing car elevators with it. bluesbassman Jan 2013 #27

Scummy Solindsey Jan 2013 #28

WAIT A MINUTE HERE! Th1onein Jan 2013 #29

Actually, the fault does not lie with seniors. It lies with their parents, the "Greatest JDPriestly Jan 2013 #30

There is no wage cap for Medicare Freddie Jan 2013 #34

Though ponder that for a second: Medicare has no wage cap, and unearned income is now levied... Recursion Jan 2013 #39

Actually, that's not true. There is no wage cap for Medicare mainer Jan 2013 #40

So, Mr. Brooks, the logical alternative... Freddie Jan 2013 #32

Cut the damn military and let the MIC make their money investing in infrastructrure in the US!! nt kelliekat44 Jan 2013 #37

Gosh ... GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #38