tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239651629852354286.post5189948106447723898..comments2013-02-28T10:03:22.257-05:00Comments on From Corn Fields to the Capitol: Calling Speaker BoehnerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239651629852354286.post-34635166751791944122013-02-28T10:03:22.257-05:002013-02-28T10:03:22.257-05:00I'd agree with that last statement. Not the le...I'd agree with that last statement. Not the least of which is my operating assumption that that Social Security and Medicare as currently constructed and being implemented should, to the greatest extent possible, be preserved. I would doubt you come with the same operating assumption, but I think mine is an assumption shared by the majority in Congress.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621444962752348431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239651629852354286.post-41886892947138304412013-02-28T09:59:13.448-05:002013-02-28T09:59:13.448-05:00We know we can't sustain our debt level in per...<i>We know we can't sustain our debt level in perpetuity and we know we need to reduce the cost of entitlements.</i><br /><br />Yes, we know that entitlements are a problem, knowing <i>how</i> to fix them is a different matter entirely. I strongly suspect that my plan to fix matters and your plan to do so are massively different. Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573575140584770666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239651629852354286.post-15003882731314820242013-02-28T09:03:14.507-05:002013-02-28T09:03:14.507-05:00We know we can't sustain our debt level in per...We know we can't sustain our debt level in perpetuity and we know we need to reduce the cost of entitlements. From Simpson-Bowles to Yuval Levin's sketch of a plan to the thousands of other think tank studies and reports, we know how to get a handle on our debt while preserving Medicare and Social Security.<br /><br />The problem is not that the situation is beyond us to know how to fix, it's getting politicians to understand everybody is going to need to give so everyone can get.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621444962752348431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239651629852354286.post-55427637415161309732013-02-27T17:03:44.495-05:002013-02-27T17:03:44.495-05:00The most maddening part of watching politics these...<i>The most maddening part of watching politics these days is the common knowledge that we know how to fix these problems. The method isn't in question.</i><br /><br />We do? It's not? When did this consensus emerge?Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573575140584770666noreply@blogger.com