Comments on: The Wrong Kind of Entitlement Reform Could Be Worse than No Entitlement Reform

By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 320) | The Daily Hatch

Open letter to President Obama (Part 320) | The Daily Hatch — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:37:40 +0000

[…] are real change in the plan, but they’re the wrong kind of changes. Instead of the structural reforms to Medicare and Medicaid contained in the Ryan budget, the […]

By: The Revised Bowles-Simpson Tax-Hike Plan Might Be even Worse than the Previous Version | International Liberty

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:35:18 +0000

[...] Moreover, the so-called entitlement reform in Bowles-Simpson wasn’t reform. It was basically a random package of means testing and price controls, and we have lots of experience showing that this approach doesn’t yield sustainable savings. [...]

By: We got to starve the beast and not increase taxes (includes editorial cartoon) | HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:17:05 +0000

[...] And the President obviously won’t give up on his campaign for higher taxes. I worry that he’ll trick gullible GOPers into a tax hike at some point, either as part of a Trojan Horse tax reform or as part of a budget summit that produces something like Bowles-Simposon, a package of real tax hikes and illusory entitlement reforms. [...]

By: Obama Suffers a Painful Loss in the First Big Fiscal Battle of His Second Term | International Liberty

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:19:20 +0000

By: Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? | Sago

Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? | Sago — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:33:46 +0000

[...] My two cents is that fiscal conservatives should argue that sequestration isn’t the ideal way to trim the burden of government spending, but that it’s the only option since President Obama is refusing to look at any alternatives unless they are based on class-warfare tax hikes and phony entitlement gimmicks. [...]

By: Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? « International Liberty

Will GOP Fumble Away Guaranteed Sequester Victory? « International Liberty — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:45:34 +0000

By: Is Anybody Surprised that the First Bottle of Tax Booze Didn’t Cure the Spendaholics? « International Liberty

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:20:14 +0000

[...] solution is to wait for 2017 (particularly since Obama and Reid doubtlessly would insist on the wrong types of entitlement changes that would simply kick the can down the [...]

By: Suspended for Playing Cops and Robbers? The Continuing Wussification of America

Suspended for Playing Cops and Robbers? The Continuing Wussification of America — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:23:24 +0000

[...] such as Simpson-Bowles that merely papers over the underlying problems for a couple of years. The wrong type of entitlement reform is probably worse than doing [...]

By: Question of the Week: If You Could Reform only One Major Entitlement Program, Which One Would You Pick? « International Liberty

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:19:36 +0000

[...] such as Simpson-Bowles that merely papers over the underlying problems for a couple of years. The wrong type of entitlement reform is probably worse than doing [...]

By: Maybe we will get true reformer in 2016? « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Maybe we will get true reformer in 2016? « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:07:09 +0000

[...] the next time a Republican wins the White House. But it has to be the right kind of reform, not means-testing, price controls, and other gimmicks designed to somehow prop up the current programs. Romney did select Paul Ryan as his running mate, [...]

By: Getting more taxes in will not help cure our spending addiction (Part 14 ) « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:22:52 +0000

[...] fiscal commission, which I thought was a disappointment because it endorsed higher taxes and urged sub-par entitlement changes rather than much-needed structural reforms. He also went after Grover Norquist because of the [...]

By: Seven Silver Linings in Yesterday’s Election Results « International Liberty

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:56:43 +0000

By: Price Controls Are Exacerbating the Damage of Hurricane Sandy « International Liberty

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:16:40 +0000

[...] Price controls are a spectacularly foolish idea, and that’s true whether they’re imposed by thugs such as Hugo Chavez in Venezuela or bureaucrats at the Department of Health and Human Services. [...]

By: European Politicians Share Obama’s View of a “Balanced Approach” « International Liberty

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:50:18 +0000

[...] an increase in the double taxation of income that is saved and invested. It also relies on gimmicks rather than real entitlement [...]

By: Here’s What’s Wrong with the Simpson-Bowles Deficit-Reduction Plan | Sago

Here’s What’s Wrong with the Simpson-Bowles Deficit-Reduction Plan | Sago — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:17:59 +0000

[...] are real changes in the plan, but they’re the wrong kind of changes. Instead of the structural reforms to Medicare and Medicaid contained in the Ryan budget, the [...]

By: Here’s What’s Wrong with the Simpson-Bowles Deficit-Reduction Plan « International Liberty

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:16:17 +0000

[...] are real change in the plan, but they’re the wrong kind of changes. Instead of the structural reforms to Medicare and Medicaid contained in the Ryan budget, the [...]

By: Dan Mitchell of Cato Institute discusses Paul Ryan VP pick « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:13:51 +0000

[...] understands that not all entitlement reform is created equal. Instead of supporting means-testing (which produces implicit higher marginal tax rates) and [...]

By: Does It Matter that Paul Ryan Is on the GOP Ticket? « International Liberty

Does It Matter that Paul Ryan Is on the GOP Ticket? « International Liberty — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:41:33 +0000

[...] understands that not all entitlement reform is created equal. Instead of supporting means-testing (which produces implicit higher marginal tax rates) and [...]

By: Dan Mitchell of Cato Institute: low taxes best for creating jobs « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:31:18 +0000

By: Daniel in the Lion’s Den: Fighting for Liberty at the United Nations « International Liberty

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:02:00 +0000

By: Notwithstanding the “Grand Bargain” Siren Song, there’s No Practical Argument for Tax Hikes | Sago

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:44:53 +0000

[...] the structure of programs to promote market forces, federalism, and fiscal sustainability. The wrong kind of reform, by contrast, keeps the existing structure in place and tries to address the fiscal train wreck [...]

By: Notwithstanding the “Grand Bargain” Siren Song, there’s No Practical Argument for Tax Hikes « International Liberty

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:41:22 +0000

By: The Cato Institute Fact-Checks, Responds to President Obama’s State-of-the-Union Address | My Blog

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:41:36 +0000

[...] in Governor Daniels’ remarks. He focused a lot on means-testing for entitlements, though that’s the wrong approach of reforming a programs. Such policies levy aloft substantial extrinsic taxation rates on people who save and deposit [...]

By: The Cato Institute Fact-checks, Responds to President Obama’s State-of-the-Union Address | Federal Reservations

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:27:58 +0000

[...] Daniels’ remarks. He focused a lot on means-testing for entitlements, but that’s the wrong way of reforming the programs. Such policies impose higher implicit marginal tax rates on people who save and invest during their [...]

By: » The Cato Institute Fact-checks, Responds to President Obama’s State-of-the-Union Address - Big Government

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:13:27 +0000

By: The Cato Institute Responds to President Obama’s State-of-the-Union Address « International Liberty

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:09 +0000

By: A Video on the Cradle-to-Grave Welfare State from the folks at Government Gone Wild « International Liberty

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:15:06 +0000

[...] As I explained in this set of videos, we desperately need to reform entitlement programs. But not in the wrong way, with price fixing and means testing. [...]

By: Grading the Presidential Candidates « International Liberty

Grading the Presidential Candidates « International Liberty — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:56:36 +0000

[...] but not least, I briefly talk about the payroll tax fight and the prospects (or lack thereof) for real entitlement reform. Rate this: Share this:PrintEmailFacebookTwitterMoredeliciousDiggFarkLinkedInRedditStumbleUponLike [...]

By: Eitan

Eitan — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:43:33 +0000

Yeah right, more government spending is wonderful as long as they’re spending on programs you favor. The USSR had a nonviable economic system that had to collapse. Perhaps Reagan sped that along, I don’t know. If Republicans are dissatisfied with the field of current presidential candidates then they should nominate Zombie Reagan!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:03:42 +0000

Eitan your question is too small. What happened after Regan spent all that money? There was no more U.S.S.R. A second, nearly silent exodus happened in our life time of Jew seeking freedom.

Mr. Obama has spent vast sum on the either of green jobs.

Big difference which the numbers alone do not tell, what were the results of funds spent?