Compelling Posts....

Today I read two posts that I felt were pretty compelling and show the absolute dearth of substantive discussion going on today.

The first was posted by Marc Ambinder over at the Atlantic. With this extremely introspective line in the opening paragraph:

Truth is that compared to the other economic problems we face, debt isn't much of a problem. But -- and this was the point I was trying to make -- it's become a problem because political elites have willed it to be a problem (and Americans seem to agree.)

From there it just got more interesting. With commentary by real economists! Discussing real policy implications and prescriptions! Not overly obsessed with process.

Next up we have Ezra Klein at the Washington Post, once again doing a yeoman's work on health care.

He puts the lack of real dialog on costs, in stark contrast with just a few graphs:


Again why do we let pundits dictate what the relevant parts of our debates should be?

-Cheers