David Brooks is a point man for bush - dressed up in a NYT suit. In his 2/19/05 column, he waits for a savior like Ross Perot who will lead a movement of people who are worried about the federal deficit, people who are offended by -- wait for it! -- "the horrendous burden seniors are placing on the young" and who are disgusted by a legislative process that sometimes suggests that the government has lost all capacity for self-control. Note he has successfully linked seniors with the government that has lost control and outrageous deficits. He also talks about the Medicare bill as if it were the seniors who (a) pushed for this version; and (b) will profit from it. Insurance and pharma corps pushed for it and will profit from it. Not a word here about the "horrendous" Iraq War and its financial burden. Not a word here about "Star Wars." Nor a word about corporations gone amuck. Nor a word about an incompetent president and his handlers. -- no, it is the "seniors." The logical outcome of his column is euthanasia.
I am a senior and I get SS and medicare. I have worked for over 46 years and I contribute now by community service, tutoring, occasional free babysitting - politically active and I am in school. Don't define me brooksie. I have no intention of getting "three jobs" in my "golden years." Though how anyone can consider "golden years" in the reign of bush is beyond me. Here's the quote which gives him away: "The living and well organized are taking money from the weak and unborn. (So I seem to be responsible for the birth tax.) Over the past decades we have seen a gigantic transfer of wealth from struggling young families and the next generation to members of AARP." When will the first shot be fired?