The Democrats Adopt Rumsfeld’s Rules

Written by David Frum on Monday December 14, 2009

Democrats are proposing to expand Medicare rather than create a brand-new public option from scratch. Given that Medicare is already over-committed by more than $40 trillion, you might think this plan ... ambitious. Perhaps the Democrats are following one of Donald Rumsfeld's famous "rules"...

Democrats are proposing to expand Medicare rather than create a brand-new public option from scratch. Given that Medicare is already over-committed by more than $40 trillion, you might think this plan ... ambitious. Perhaps the Democrats are following one of Donald Rumsfeld's famous "rules":

If you don't know how to solve a problem - make it bigger!

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