“It's obvious that a lot of Tea Party members tend to be elderly. You've seen that famous sign, 'Tell the government to keep its hands off my Medicare.' And I think as long as the government does keep its hands off their Medicare, they're fine with talking about low taxes. But once they start to realize that the Republicans really do want to not just cut Medicare, but essentially abolish it, you know, I just think those people are not going to be part of the Tea Party. They're going to be over with Occupy Wall Street.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLongDoeHandsGovernmentRealizingPartyTalkingCuttingStreetsWallFineRepublicanTaxesMembersLowsObviousTeaElderlyMedicareAbolishTea PartyOccupy Wall Street Author:Bruce Bartlett
“The break for me was the Medicare drug benefit in 2003. It's just grossly expensive, bad policy. After that, I no longer gave them the benefit of the doubt and started seeing the glass as half-empty.” HalfBreakDoubtSeeingPolicyDrugBenefitsEmptyGlassesExpensiveMedicareHalf EmptyBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Bruce Bartlett
