ObamaSpeak?

[victor steinbok]

No, I think, he was ok here. Unless high-end taxes are increased, Medicare
funding will have to be cut, resulting in seniors paying more. So it's
either/or--but still possibly both, in case things REALLY don't work out.

VS-)

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> "Either we ask the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share in
> taxes, or we're going to have to ask seniors to pay more for Medicare.
> We can't afford to do both"
>
> Isn't doing both the only thing we _can_ afford to do??
>
> I am not trying to make a political point, but a rhetorical one -- as
> I see it, Obama said the exact opposite of what he meant.
>
> DanG
>

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