In his latest New York Times op-ed entitled "How to Unparalyze Us" (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-unparalyze-us.html), Thomas Friedman is again calling for a "Grand Bargain" in order to rejuvenate a stagnant American economy. Freidman, whose chin has gone the way of the dodo bird, writes:
"TO have any effect, though, the president can’t just say he is ready for 'tough' decisions. He has to lead with his chin and put a concrete, comprehensive package on the table, encompassing three areas. First, new investments that would combine immediate jobs in infrastructure with some long-term growth-enablers like a massive build-out in the nation’s high-speed broadband capabilities. That would have to be married with a long-term fiscal restructuring, written into law, that slows the growth of both Social Security and Medicare entitlements, along with individual and corporate tax reform. Obama has hinted at his willingness to do all of these. They should be agreed upon in 2013 and phased in gradually, starting in 2014."
My goodness, who would have ever dreamed it was so simple? Invest in infrastructure (instead of green energy), give us faster Internet (so we can download porn that much quicker), and shrink Social Security and Medicare entitlements (while Obamacare bleeds America white).
Reach agreement in 2013. Phase it in during 2014.
The man's a genius! No need for a new secretary of the treasury when we have Tom, a national treasure! What, he's not a national treasure? Go ask his mother.
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