Comments on: I Don’t Think It Works That Way http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/10/14/i-dont-think-it-works-that-way/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Adam Herman http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/10/14/i-dont-think-it-works-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-9625 Adam Herman Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:57:45 +0000 http://www.juliansanchez.com/?p=3724#comment-9625 Not all entitlements are created equal. Social Security and Medicare are popular. They will always exist and be cut back only with great reluctance, and only in the face of a crisis. However, welfare has never been popular. It was a millstone around Democrats necks until the 1996 reform, which cut the rolls by 2/3rds. This current reform effort is also fairly unpopular and I don't think it's going to get any more popular once it goes into effect in 2013. It will always be vulnerable and always be a political liability for Democrats until it is eventually cut back and reformed by Republicans like welfare was. Not all entitlements are created equal. Social Security and Medicare are popular. They will always exist and be cut back only with great reluctance, and only in the face of a crisis.

However, welfare has never been popular. It was a millstone around Democrats necks until the 1996 reform, which cut the rolls by 2/3rds.

This current reform effort is also fairly unpopular and I don’t think it’s going to get any more popular once it goes into effect in 2013. It will always be vulnerable and always be a political liability for Democrats until it is eventually cut back and reformed by Republicans like welfare was.

]]> By: Barry http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/10/14/i-dont-think-it-works-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-9592 Barry Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:08:42 +0000 http://www.juliansanchez.com/?p=3724#comment-9592 Julian, you're assuming that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are unsuccessful. They've done a lot of good, and the of Medicare alone is a potential problem, which might be helped by healthcare reform. Julian, you’re assuming that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are unsuccessful. They’ve done a lot of good, and the of Medicare alone is a potential problem, which might be helped by healthcare reform.

]]> By: Barry http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/10/14/i-dont-think-it-works-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-9590 Barry Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:05:30 +0000 http://www.juliansanchez.com/?p=3724#comment-9590 Megan - just W(hy)TF should we care about your opinion? You regularly show yourself to be either full of it or lying, in fields where one might (wrongly) assume that a Chigago MBA leads to some understanding. Frankly, you and your fiance are just two members of the professional astroturf association; you just have better cover. Megan – just W(hy)TF should we care about your opinion? You regularly show yourself to be either full of it or lying, in fields where one might (wrongly) assume that a Chigago MBA leads to some understanding.

Frankly, you and your fiance are just two members of the professional astroturf association; you just have better cover.

]]> By: Megan McArdle http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/10/14/i-dont-think-it-works-that-way/comment-page-1/#comment-9573 Megan McArdle Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:39:03 +0000 http://www.juliansanchez.com/?p=3724#comment-9573 You are assuming that "fails spectacularly" means the program ends . . . all I said was that it wouldn't work as described, and would cause massive problems. You are assuming that “fails spectacularly” means the program ends . . . all I said was that it wouldn’t work as described, and would cause massive problems.

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