Janitors and Executives Have the Same Pay Packages

[LaurenG]

Of course, they don’t. But much of the argument over health care amounts to insisting that they do.

Aaron Carroll catches Steve Pearlstein saying that Obamacare and Ryancare are the same thing:

Democrats have been equally hysterical in attacking Ryancare as a throw-Grandma-under-the-bus scheme to balance the budget, even as they proudly defend the health reform law for everyone else.

As Carroll said, this is wrong in part because Ryancare would dismantle the much better system — Medicare — that seniors already have, while Obamacare would provide insurance to those who would not have it otherwise.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/janitors-and-executives-have-the-same-pay-packages/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto

[ellenrr]

1. I don't see why they shouldn't have the same pay package

Janitors work harder than executives, pay them more.
We don't have to assume a hierarchical value system.

[Lucky Luciano]

2. Ridiculous. Completely. nt

[txlibdem]

3. Seniors with Medicare are still being forced into bankruptcy

What we need in this country is single payer healthcare -- exactly what Obama threw out the window before any healthcare debates or negotiations had even began.