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  Brooks on Perry There are a lot of problems with David Brooks's latest New York Times column, but here's one that's really basic. Here is Mr. Brooks describing what he calls the Republican narrative: "The current task, therefore, is, as Rick Perry says, to make the government 'inconsequential' in people's lives — to pare back the state to revive personal responsibility and private initiative." Dionne and Ferrara on Taxes Over at the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne Jr. praises British "Conservative" Prime Minister David Cameron for proposing an increase in the value-added tax to 20% from 17.5%. Mr. Dionne also wants to raise taxes on those Americans making more than $250,000, claiming that "the simple truth" is that they "are undertaxed compared with everyone else." David Brooks's Risk Aversion "America is not a nation of risk-embracing pioneers," David Brooks writes. How does he think most of our ancestors got here? Maybe they came because the risks here were lower than the risks they faced wherever they left, but still, it seems a pretty categorical denial of at least a reasonable important aspect of the American character. Health Care Costs A report by Reed Abelson that "Health insurance companies across the country are seeking and winning double-digit increases in premiums for some customers" got front-page play in Sunday's Times. A report by Robert Pear that "The rate of increase in health spending, 3.9 percent in 2011, was the same as in 2009 and 2010 — the lowest annual rates recorded in the 52 years the government has been collecting such data," got buried inside today's national section. Humiliating Iran David Brooks has a column on how insights from "behavioral research" can be brought to bear on public policy questions such as "How do we structure sanctions against Iran to cause the greatest psychic humiliation?" Brooks on Immigration David Brooks has a column on immigration. As a grandson of an immigrant myself, I'm in essentially full agreement with him that immigration is a source of strength for America and should be encouraged. A passage in the article, however, is suspect. He writes:
This is the same David Brooks who was telling us in another column published exactly a month ago that "The average Medicare couple pays $109,000 into the program and gets $343,000 in benefits out, according to the Urban Institute. This is $234,000 in free money." Brooks on Piketty In a column about the French economist Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the 21st Century, David Brooks writes, "Piketty wouldn't raise taxes on income, which thriving professionals have a lot of; he would tax investment capital, which they don't have enough of." David Brooks Growth Recipe David Brooks writes:
Dionne and Ferrara on Taxes Over at the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne Jr. praises British "Conservative" Prime Minister David Cameron for proposing an increase in the value-added tax to 20% from 17.5%. Mr. Dionne also wants to raise taxes on those Americans making more than $250,000, claiming that "the simple truth" is that they "are undertaxed compared with everyone else." David Brooks's Risk Aversion "America is not a nation of risk-embracing pioneers," David Brooks writes. How does he think most of our ancestors got here? Maybe they came because the risks here were lower than the risks they faced wherever they left, but still, it seems a pretty categorical denial of at least a reasonable important aspect of the American character. Brooks on Ryan The New York Times's David Brooks takes on Paul Ryan:
Mr. Brooks doesn't think cutting the corporate and individual top federal tax rates to 25% and getting the federal budget under some control would help growth rates? More:
Medicare Solution Is More Young People The hottest issue in politics these days seems to be Medicare, notwithstanding polling showing voters care more about jobs and the economy. Medicare was what the recent special election in New York's 26th congressional district was fought over. The government health program for the elderly has also emerged as an issue in the Republican presidential primary, with Newt Gingrich making news by criticizing Congressman Paul Ryan's Medicare plan as too radical, and with the press then scrambling to saddle the other Republican presidential contenders with Mr. Ryan's plan. And Republicans won control of the House of Representatives in 2010 in part by criticizing Medicare cuts and Medicare tax increases in ObamaCare. Brooks on Perry There are a lot of problems with David Brooks's latest New York Times column, but here's one that's really basic. Here is Mr. Brooks describing what he calls the Republican narrative: "The current task, therefore, is, as Rick Perry says, to make the government 'inconsequential' in people's lives — to pare back the state to revive personal responsibility and private initiative." David Brooks on Spending and Results From David Brooks's column today in the New York Times:
Brooks' Latest David Brooks, in his latest New York Times column:
Nathan Fletcher and Campaign Finance David Brooks has a fine column in the New York Times this morning about Nathan Fletcher, an Iraq War veteran who was elected to the California state legislature as a Republican but is now running for mayor of San Diego as an independent. Writes Brooks:
David Brooks on ObamaCare David Brooks is not a columnist I often agree with, but he makes sense to me writing about ObamaCare:
David Brooks on Medicare New York Times columnist David Brooks writes in his proposed debate opening statement for Mitt Romney:
It had looked to us like Mitt Romney was the one campaigning as the one who would fight to preserve the Medicare status quo. David Brooks Growth Recipe David Brooks writes:
Brooks on Piketty In a column about the French economist Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the 21st Century, David Brooks writes, "Piketty wouldn't raise taxes on income, which thriving professionals have a lot of; he would tax investment capital, which they don't have enough of." Brooks on Immigration David Brooks has a column on immigration. As a grandson of an immigrant myself, I'm in essentially full agreement with him that immigration is a source of strength for America and should be encouraged. A passage in the article, however, is suspect. He writes:
This is the same David Brooks who was telling us in another column published exactly a month ago that "The average Medicare couple pays $109,000 into the program and gets $343,000 in benefits out, according to the Urban Institute. This is $234,000 in free money." Health Care Costs A report by Reed Abelson that "Health insurance companies across the country are seeking and winning double-digit increases in premiums for some customers" got front-page play in Sunday's Times. A report by Robert Pear that "The rate of increase in health spending, 3.9 percent in 2011, was the same as in 2009 and 2010 — the lowest annual rates recorded in the 52 years the government has been collecting such data," got buried inside today's national section. Humiliating Iran David Brooks has a column on how insights from "behavioral research" can be brought to bear on public policy questions such as "How do we structure sanctions against Iran to cause the greatest psychic humiliation?" David Brooks on Medicare New York Times columnist David Brooks writes in his proposed debate opening statement for Mitt Romney:
It had looked to us like Mitt Romney was the one campaigning as the one who would fight to preserve the Medicare status quo. David Brooks on ObamaCare David Brooks is not a columnist I often agree with, but he makes sense to me writing about ObamaCare:
Nathan Fletcher and Campaign Finance David Brooks has a fine column in the New York Times this morning about Nathan Fletcher, an Iraq War veteran who was elected to the California state legislature as a Republican but is now running for mayor of San Diego as an independent. Writes Brooks:
Brooks' Latest David Brooks, in his latest New York Times column:
David Brooks on Spending and Results From David Brooks's column today in the New York Times:
Brooks on Ryan The New York Times's David Brooks takes on Paul Ryan:
Mr. Brooks doesn't think cutting the corporate and individual top federal tax rates to 25% and getting the federal budget under some control would help growth rates? More:
Medicare Solution Is More Young People The hottest issue in politics these days seems to be Medicare, notwithstanding polling showing voters care more about jobs and the economy. Medicare was what the recent special election in New York's 26th congressional district was fought over. The government health program for the elderly has also emerged as an issue in the Republican presidential primary, with Newt Gingrich making news by criticizing Congressman Paul Ryan's Medicare plan as too radical, and with the press then scrambling to saddle the other Republican presidential contenders with Mr. Ryan's plan. And Republicans won control of the House of Representatives in 2010 in part by criticizing Medicare cuts and Medicare tax increases in ObamaCare.
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