Voucher-mania: Why the right is diseased (and out of ideas)

[DonViejo]

Conservatives have exactly one answer for all spending questions -- and it has little to do with serious economics

MICHAEL LIND

In the second decade of the 21st century, the American right has only two economic ideas. When it comes to revenues, conservatives want further tax cuts for the rich. When it comes to spending, conservatives want to replace public programs with vouchers.

“Vouchermania” may be the term used by future historians to describe the puzzling rage for vouchers that has swept the right wing in the last few decades. You got a problem? I got a voucher.

Education? The right wants to give people vouchers to buy K-12 schooling from private schools, or, failing complete privatization, from charter schools.

Healthcare? The right wants to replace Medicare and Medicaid with vouchers to let people shop for health insurance or healthcare in a deregulated healthcare marketplace.

Retirement? The right wants to privatize Social Security, replacing it with tax-favored individual contributions to private retirement savings accounts — a de facto voucher system.

full article
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/11/voucher_mania_why_the_right_is_diseased_and_out_of_ideas/

[Blus4u]

1. That is it, that is all...

in a nut-shell, all there is to it !!!

Good post, old man. You have been busy this morning.


Peace

[rock]

2. Odd isn't it

The Right is opposed to food-stamps, i.e. vouchers for food!