Medicare and Medicaid Quotes
Note how Laffer, ideologically opposed to Federal government operations, conflated the Motor Vehicles Administration operations, badly run in many states by the Federal. Ironically he appealed to Americans to judge Medicare and Medicaid. What he overlooked it that the citizen participants in these programs are very happy with the Federal Management. Next to Social Security, Medicare has been the second most popular Federal program. In 2012, when the Obamacare additions to Medicare and Medicaid were major issues, Americans voted clearly for President Obama and Obamacare. Many conservatives however continue to oppose government operation of anything except the State Department, the FBI and the Military / Security agencies.