That is why Medicare Part A is the only program that creates the possibility of double counting and suffers from the reality of a double-counting dispute.
The less-than-optimal response is continued full confidence in my original belief, and a refusal to accept the possibility that the new reality is true.
While Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy, and others trying to guide the EU out of the gutter have been forced to sound overly optimistic, the Economic and Financial Committee appears to be more in touch with reality, taking into the account the possibility of a renewed crisis in the financial sector that could reverberate into the real economy.