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by Cal Thomas
On the home page of the
If only he would, but the president's proposed
Rep. Jim Jordan, (R-OH), chairman of a Republican Study Committee made up of economic and socially conservative members, told me over breakfast Tuesday, "the
The president's budget is more a political document designed to trap Republicans into going first with serious entitlement reform than a serious proposal. The
While House Republicans want to cut
Rep. Jordan tells me that in spite of the potential for political fallout, House Republicans will offer a plan for entitlement reform by the August recess. He believes it will include means testing and some form of vouchers that will allow people to shop for their own health care in the private sector and for younger workers to have the opportunity to invest their money in a personal retirement account that earns interest and belongs to them. "The American people are ready for truth, facts and some tough love measures," says Jordan, adding, "the window to fix our country is closing rapidly and it will only get worse if we don't act now."
The key to what is bound to be hand-to-hand combat in the coming debate will be whether Republicans can change our "entitlement" mentality and cause people to focus instead on economic liberty and personal freedom. Can government do more for you than you can do for yourself? If
Some Democrats, like
Changing the way we think about entitlements, economic liberty and personal responsibility will be a challenge for congressional Republicans. They've tried before and Democrats demagogued them into submission. They will try to re-run the same play this time. One hopes Rep. Jordan is right that the country is ready for truth, facts and tough love.
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