tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post5041729303706199424..comments2024-03-26T17:44:07.430-04:00Comments on Viking Pundit: Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-63192175255300444352012-08-28T18:17:17.279-04:002012-08-28T18:17:17.279-04:00On January 1, 2013 Medicare payments will be cut b...On January 1, 2013 Medicare payments will be cut by an average of 31%. Every year the doc fix cut restoration gets bigger and make it less likely that we're ever going to guillotine reimbursements like that, ever. Every single projection made on Medicare by a government employee *has to* assume that this year, the doc fix restoration isn't going to happen. <br /><br />Things aren't asTMLutashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12033938954514865135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-62670743565258637192012-08-28T13:53:11.958-04:002012-08-28T13:53:11.958-04:00This genius quote from one of Mitt Romney's po...This genius quote from one of Mitt Romney's pollsters says it all, really:<br /><br />"We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers."FAST88noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-45132168102947840712012-08-24T11:20:48.598-04:002012-08-24T11:20:48.598-04:00Anonymous broke Rule #14 of Blogging: media factch...Anonymous broke Rule #14 of Blogging: media factcheckers should only be cited when they confirm the blogger's preferred outcome.Rulesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-55496117562096058602012-08-23T20:37:19.561-04:002012-08-23T20:37:19.561-04:00Yeah right. When Republicans "slow the rate ...Yeah right. When Republicans "slow the rate of growth" it's heartless, down-to-the-bone spending cuts.<br /><br />When Obama does it, it's "seeking to reduce future Medicare spending."<br /><br />When the chief accountant at Medicare says that 15% of hospitals will become unprofitable and doctors will refuse to treat Medicare patients, it's...look!...that Akin guyErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-14594159554879572592012-08-23T20:18:09.352-04:002012-08-23T20:18:09.352-04:00"Simple" is the apt word for it.
http:/..."Simple" is the apt word for it.<br /><br />http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/aug/15/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-said-barack-obama-first-history-rob-me/<br /><br /><i>First things first: Neither Obama nor his health care law literally cut a dollar amount from the Medicare program’s budget.<br /><br />Rather, the health care law instituted a number of changes to try to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-71296646808431227532012-08-23T19:19:25.474-04:002012-08-23T19:19:25.474-04:00It's false? Well, that's a relief.
Every ...It's false? Well, that's a relief.<br /><br />Every "counterargument" to this claim has been laughable. There's "Ryan's budget kept the cuts", Romney hasn't explained enough, and they're not <i>really</i> cuts because it's only the rate of growth (even Obama called them "cuts").<br /><br />Obama raided Medicare to pay for Obamacare. Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-77324499478717412822012-08-23T14:55:33.493-04:002012-08-23T14:55:33.493-04:00Obama stole $716 billion from Medicare to pay for ...<i>Obama stole $716 billion from Medicare to pay for Obamacare. It's true.</i><br /><br />It's false. But that's unimportant. What matters is it feels like it should be true.If it's a legitimate cut, Medicare has a way of shutting down that whole $716 billion thingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-23231594270104740722012-08-22T22:59:13.417-04:002012-08-22T22:59:13.417-04:00Myself, I think we fought & lost the budget ba...Myself, I think we fought & lost the budget battle back in the Reagan years, no one's been serious about it since then. "Talk conservative, vote liberal" is a time-test tactic, and its cheat never seems to go stale. The Sanity Inspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808433661634318393noreply@blogger.com