Bloomberg View columnist Josh Barro, Newsweek/The Daily Beast contributor Michelle Goldberg, Demos Vice President Heather McGhee, and actor Richard Belzer join Up host Chris Hayes to discuss how Rep. Paul Ryan is selling his pitch on Medicare cuts.
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Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another – from Wall Street to Congress, the Catholic Church to corporate America, even Major League Baseball – imploded under the weight of corruption and incompetence. In the wake of the Fail Decade, Americans have historically low levels of trust in their institutions; the social contract between ordinary citizens and elites lies in tatters.
How did we get here? With "Twilight of the Elites," Christopher Hayes offers a radically novel answer. Since the 1960s, as the meritocracy elevated a more diverse group of men and women into power, they learned to embrace the accelerating inequality that had placed them near the very top. Their ascension heightened social distance and spawned a new American elite--one more prone to failure and corruption than any that came before it.
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I'd like to suggest a term for describing the RomneyRyan plan for ending Medicare: "Vouchercare." Which plan would you prefer? Medicare or Vouchercare?
That's a good one! You should email it to democrats.org The longform could read "Medicare or Vouchercare? The choice is yours. Vote. Nov 7, 2012."