Mike Hudack is a tumblelog.

Lest we forget — George W. Bush and the GOP Congress passed Medicare Part B, an expansion of federal entitlement largesse that was easily as large as Obama’s. Though with one crucial difference. The Democrats’ new Health Insurance Bill was designed to add nothing to the federal deficit. In fact, it is revenue neutral and even promises some black ink. The Republicans’ Medicare B entitlement, in contrast, passed without a scintilla of provision for how to fund it. It simply said “bill our grandkids.