AT LAST! Paul Krugman hands Joe Scarborough et al their collective heads on Morning Joe!

[JDPriestly]

80. Cutting Medicare = killing old people.

There is no way around that. They talk about "cutting entitlements." It sounds to hygienic, so neat, so orderly.

The NAZIs spoke of "deporting" the Jews. Killing Indians was "opening the West."

"Cutting entitlements" is a euphemism for killing seniors. That's all it is.

Young people, theoretically, can work and, among other things their rising pay will pay for rising insurance to cover healthcare costs. Older people can't get insurance. We have too many pre-existing conditions.

My neighbor who died last year was a good example of a senior with extremely high healthcare costs. He had kidney disease and was regularly picked up by ambulance and taken for dialysis. His wife, who survived him, still owns the family house and take care of small children whose mothers are working.

Were it not for Medicare, she would have lost the house and not be able now to support herself.

When they talk about "cutting entitlements" they do not think about the human repercussions of reducing Medicare funding or Social Security benefits. It is just disgusting.

The only one in the bunch who cares about people, who sees people as warm-blooded with feelings is Paul Krugman. That is why we like him.

The others all seemed to detach themselves from the suffering of mankind. They don't seem to understand the human dimension of economics.