re: #173 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Yeah, that’s why I think the Ryan Plan is going to be what gives the Dems back the House. They might have been able to see changes to Medicare and Medicaid, in absence of the tax cuts, as necessary to get spending under control. But tacking on tax cuts for the top 2%, under the ol’ chestnut of “It’ll stimulate economic growth and job creation!,” is gonna be political poison. No amount of scaremongering is going to erase that.

Now is the time to cease all the third rails and just go for it under what should be a fairly nonepartisan agenda -

* Pentagon gets to close bases and programs.
* Taxes back to clinton levels for those indivudually over $250k
* Estate tax starting at $1,000,000
* Bottom up review of Medicare & Medicaid prescribing & treatment.
* Let medicare & medicaid negotiate drug prices
* Reduce overheads and startup costs on small businesses, including creating a federal fund for startups deprived of private capital.