if you stopped to blink...

Jason responds to my blog post on the "crisis" myth...

The answer to funding shortfall with entitlements is not adding more entitlements.

You can't raise taxes because it risks economic growth and you cannot put off the bills coming due years down the road.

Europe has had so many economic problem because of the welfare state and excessive taxation to fund it.

You're essentially asking for more problems.

If you blinked you'd miss the quick shift to other issues. I admire it as a good "chess move" but I responded in the comments page by trying to go back to the essence of my post...

"Europe has had so many economic problem because of the welfare state and excessive taxation to fund it." Then why do they have longer life spans and higher quality of life? We were hit with the global economic crisis just as hard--if not more--than they have been. So you're not possibly arguing our economy is stronger are you?

"You're essentially asking for more problems." Actually I was responding to the myth of the crisis.

I didn't say we should raise taxes necessarily nor i'm I completely closed off to privitization efforts.

I was pointing out the "sky is falling" is not true and is more ideologically driven.

These are manageable problems.

Do you not think increasing our work force through increased immigration there by pushing down wages will stimulate growth and help get economic growth? Then you don't raise taxes and help address the issue.

Do you not think more competition in the market place would help get rid of needless bureaucracy and force the private sector to lower wages and provide better service?

What about getting not wasting revenue and using the governments purchasing power to get cheaper medications for those on medicare and medicaid?

these all address problems you highlight in this blog... using markets... cutting down on wasteful spending... free flow of labor...