Robert Kuttner Calls Bush's Medical Benefit Skimpy

Statist journalist Robert Kuttner attacks President Bush's new drug give away for George Soros' age group:

A great many seniors will never get the coverage because the plan is a bad bargain, and they just won't sign up. Of if they do sign up, they will run out of the ability to pay enough out of pocket before qualifying for needed benefits. Even with these disgracefully skimpy benefits, the plan is expected to add over half a trillion dollars to the federal budget over the next decade.

Do you get the odd logic here? How "disgraceful" could the benefits be if they are expected to add 500 Billion Dollars over the next decade? Maybe Robert Kuttner would be happier living in Europe.