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re to those who already have a lot. And if you want a strong piece of evidence in favor of that cynical view, look at the current state of play over Medicaid." Some background: Medicaid, which provides health insurance to lower-income Americans, is a highly successful program that's about to get bigger,

rstand how and what happen and most of all why America is becoming more and more a police state, which is the real lasting legacy of Dick Cheney. David Brooks wrote an interesting op-ed this week in the New York Times — The Brutality Cascade - using the metaphor of how the pervasive use of steroids in Majo

ers such as Florida Gov. Rick Scott who last week broke with party orthodoxy -- joining six other Republican governors — and agreeing to accept the Medicaid expansion funded by Obamacare. Recently a number of prominent conservatives with national profiles (Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, South Carolina's Nikki

des" false equivalency of shying away from telling the truth about the GOP's suicide mission, pretending the same thing is happening on both sides (David Brooks's pathetic attempt to draw a false equivalency was so loathsome, he felt the need to walk back his characterization of the president's position the n

ideas (the exchanges, for example) and of rejecting progressive efforts to save money. Our major non-military fiscal challenges lie in Medicare and Medicaid. In principle, conservatives should seek to find ways of holding down health-care inflation in both the private and public sectors. In practice, the

a bit of tweaking) will come close to addressing the systemic economic problems currently facing the country. New York Times cconservative olumnist David Brooks said Sunday that Republicans should shoulder most of the blame if lawmakers do not reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff ahead of Tuesday's deadlin

ate last year, was one thing. But as long as a Democrat occupies the White House, Ryan's budget is little more than a nonbinding wish list — cutting Medicaid, Medicare and food stamps and slashing budgets for domestic agencies funded annually through appropriations bills. Many tenured Republicans, parti

e getting Alzheimer's any time now. How did you do? THIS WEEK's QUOTE Judy Woodruff asking Mark Shields on PBS' Newshour this Friday about his and David Brook's thoughts on the new voter ID law just passed this week in North Carolina. "So my question -- this is a state that is Republican for the first time

hich re- quired about 135 employ at capacity, now has about ?Cl patients. Peck said. Most of therm both adults and children, are long-term and on Medicaid, she said. SEW represents about 16,000 health-care workers in Florida and the South- eastern United States. Obc" dpotoRobcost com BANKRUPTCY •

dita.The Palm Beach Post. P.O. Box 24700, West Palm Beach. FL 33416-4700. • EFTA00259942 • THE PALM BEACH POST • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10.2009 St David Brooks Cautious at heart Sonia Sotomayor had bad timing. If she'd entered col- lege in the late-lari0s or early-1960s, she would have been surrounded b

.ahould be passed. • • ' • - . TED G. SEAM I agree that the !Waste and fraudehotild , ' • : • " Riviera Beach. be cleaned from Meditait and. Medicaid, However, what is being proposed is a Reform opponents have,insurance •; : nightmare. Aside from having a beak. , czar, when the government can pr

fair payment The cost is what it is. • Regarding David Brooks'kolumn • Why do politicians continue to try to f