Trump, Medicare, And Memory

It is truly amazing how quickly we all can forget things that actually did happen. It’s been a little over a week and James Comey seems to have passed into oblivion. And just to show you how easily the past slips away, I seem to have completely forgotten Trump detailing his plans for working with Paul Ryan to turn Medicare into a premium support or even voucher system. Perhaps I just missed it since the media barely touched on policy issues during the campaign but did manage to spend most of its time discussing Hillary’s emails. However, my recollection was that Trump was opposed to touching Medicare and Social Security, saying, “We will not cut Medicare or Social Security benefits, but protect them both.” But maybe I was just dreaming.

It will be interesting to see how the grass roots of the Tea Party reacts to this news. I know it has been six long years since the Tea Party revolt began and some of the details driving their anger might have faded from memory. So perhaps this will help them remember:

I guess we’ll find out whether their objection was based on tribalism and opposing anything Obama wanted to do or whether they really did want to keep their Medicare exactly as they knew it. Or maybe I was just dreaming again.