It's Not Just Medicare: GOP Wants to Privatize Food Stamps, Too

By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly
Posted on April 25, 2011, Printed on April 25, 2011

When it comes to criticizing the House Republican budget plan, some big-ticket problems are rather obvious. For example, the GOP wants to eliminate Medicare and gut Medicaid -- ideas that the American mainstream doesn't like.

And as far as the politics of this are concerned, it makes sense for Democrats to pick a small handful of glaring and scandalous priorities in the Republican plan, and focus their fire accordingly. But when it comes to appreciating the larger policy, it's worth keeping in mind that Medicare isn't the only concern here.