tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post4292909600715376826..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: I Brag Of OrszagNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-17929596909165135162009-02-19T12:49:00.000-08:002009-02-19T12:49:00.000-08:00That seems pretty smart to use the fake crisis in ...That seems pretty smart to use the fake crisis in social security to fix what could be a crisis in medicare. Kind of cool to see the rights fear mongering used for good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-66176785829075788492009-02-19T10:22:00.000-08:002009-02-19T10:22:00.000-08:00Now I feel chastened. Here's Erza to make me feel...Now I feel chastened. <A HREF="http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=02&year=2009&base_name=whos_afraid_of_the_fiscal_resp" REL="nofollow">Here's Erza</A> to make me feel better. All along I should have been reading my Erza!corvushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130864309857352151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-44912511601279192232009-02-19T09:53:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:53:00.000-08:00Ok, I read the article. It was very good, except ...Ok, I read the article. It was very good, except I don't know why they bothered quoting someone from Dubya's administration. No one cares what they think or trusts what they say. <BR/><BR/>But I still can't figure out what the deal is with this summit. Is it an attempt to Run-around Pelosi, or are Obama and Orszag co-opting the Blue Dogs to do their own thing?corvushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130864309857352151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-64125868407101282612009-02-19T09:44:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:44:00.000-08:00Well, I am all for tax hikes, but what could benef...Well, I am all for tax hikes, but what could benefit cuts entail? Making people work into their seventies? Making social security insufficient as a source of income? Or just knocking off a few buck here and there?<BR/><BR/>Does this mean Hamsher is freaking out for no good reason?<BR/><BR/>...Maybe I should read the Politico article...corvushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130864309857352151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-90233829400265480292009-02-19T09:22:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:22:00.000-08:00Well, here's the linked article:"Orszag’s other ke...Well, here's the linked article:<BR/><BR/>"Orszag’s other key agenda item next week will be an effort to change the debate on Medicare and Social Security.<BR/><BR/>Orszag’s long-running project — something that has made him the left’s favorite Cabinet member — has been replacing talk of an “entitlement crisis” with his argument that Social Security requires only modest tax hikes and benefit cuts, while Medicare and Medicaid have much more dramatic fiscal woes.<BR/><BR/>“Social Security faces an actuarial deficit over the next 75-100 years. In the past, I’ve resisted the term ‘crisis’ to describe that kind of situation,” he said. “This is not quantitatively as important as getting health care done.”"<BR/><BR/>I think this operationally means - no changes to Social Security any time soon. Instead, Orszag wants to co-opt the 'entitlement crisis' noise and turn it into health care reform.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-30057339156133292522009-02-19T09:09:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:09:00.000-08:00Hey Neil, I don't mean to go all Assignment Desk o...Hey Neil, <BR/><BR/>I don't mean to go all Assignment Desk or Threadjack on you, (well ok I kinda do) but speaking of Orszag, what do you think about <A HREF="http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/18/hedge-fund-billionaire-pete-peterson-key-speaker-at-obama-fiscal-responsibility-summit-will-tell-us-all-why-little-old-ladies-must-eat-cat-food-so-social-security-can-be-saved/" REL="nofollow">this</A>? Is this to be believed? Are Orszag, and Obama, really going to be integral is diminishing social security. Has Orszag actually declared such interests? I don't know whether to trust FireDogLake. It seems like they all (well, not TBogg or Ackerman) transferred into cranks after Obama pardoned Lieberman. What's going on, should I be worried?corvushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130864309857352151noreply@blogger.com