The latest TIME magazine analyzes U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan to cut $6 trillion from the federal budget over the next decade.
Regular TIME readers won’t be surprised that the word choice used to describe Ryan’s cuts tends to paint them as harmful to everyday people and good news for big business and the wealthy.
One of the more amusing lines addresses health care for seniors:
Critics worry that Ryan won’t give seniors enough money to take care of themselves. His plan would cap Medicare payments at a rate slightly above inflation, far less than the rate health care costs are projected to grow — meaning that seniors would pay much more of the health care burden out of their own pockets (although Ryan’s plan would provide extra assistance to some low-income seniors).
That’s right. Ryan won’t give seniors enough money to take care of themselves. If you can’t spot what’s wrong with that sentence, you need a strong dose of anti-big government medicine. Plus you might want to learn more about consumer-driven health care.
