Looks like Obama's on the cusp of fulfilling his dream

[truedelphi]

88. My take in reading the article that you are quoting is

That the cuts (CPI adjustments, swiping some 36 cents out of every four dollars of Social Security) are coming about because "there is a need to bring about revenue that just won't happen." Boehner won't budge on the tax increase to those making above 400K a year -so the Admin is willing to take some more flesh out of the hide of the people who are struggling.

Obama's ACA already swiped some 500 millions of dollars out of the MediCare budget. People here cheered that, as the statement released by the WH emphasized that it would mean "Cuts to the providers" not to the recipients.

But mark my words, when doctors can't afford to take on new MediCare patients, then what? How good is a government program without any damn providers? (Way back in the 1990's, I had a hard time finding doctors taking on new MediCarepatients. And that was almost two decades back.)

I find myself able to relax about life by envisioning an alternate world, one in which someone like Bill Moyers could be President. And he could have Bartlet and Yves Smith help him with the economy, while Giethner would be in jail waiting his court date. .