December 9, 2011
Paul Ryan has lately taken to defending his plan to, for all intents and purposes, end Medicare. Last night, Rachel Maddow discssed this in some detail. I agree with her, this raising the kill Medicare policy back into public discussion is great for Democrats who have lately been gaining ground on the GOP. In addition, the GOP presidential primary debates will now have to address this, and punches aimed by Romney at Gingo are already flying, and connecting.
In response to this, I thought it time to visually simplify the Ryan plan. Here’s a single image that I hope does just that. Let’s look ahead and visualize a United States within which people like Ryan are actually elected and re-elected. Imagine Ayn Randyism running wild. It’s nightmarish, but let’s try.
Imagine it’s 2018, with President Ron Paul and Vice President Paul Ryan in their second term. The Ryan plan is now the Paul Ryan Medicare Responsibility Act of 2014 and has been the law of the land for four years. Its short phase-in period is complete and the PRMRA is in full effect.
So, here’s the GOP’s hallmark achievement and now the financial backbone of American health care assistance to the elderly: the health insurance voucher, available to seniors from their local U.S. Responsible Workfare office after successfully passing a series of drug and pregnancy tests. Now available only for those older than 70 (the new eligibility age), this just might be our future . . . Wake up now. . . I heard you screaming. . .
Unless we want this to happen to ourselves, our children, grandchildren, and on and on, we need to work hard to re-elect President Obama, re-take the House, and appreciably extend our lead in the Senate. Although somewhat tardily, President Obama has awakened to the very real threat posed by the horribly radicalized GOP and their supporters, unfortunately, around one-quarter of our own citizens. It’s now our turn to get radical, radically progressive, like the brave and feisty Occupiers everywhere.
