As to libertarian complaints, really I am articulating the position of the fiscal right, i.e. fiscal conservatives. We are discussing the federal budget, after

As to libertarian complaints, really I am articulating the position of the fiscal right, i.e. fiscal conservatives. We are discussing the federal budget, after all. Whether old people and the AARP embrace Medicare in a selfish stab at the identity-politics cookie jar does not affect the classical republican (and indeed, liberal) platform. Note that I am not referring to and am in fact counter-indicating the GOP. The are plenty of old democrats, too.