Chuck Rangel of New York said that they need to overcome the attitudes current in some of the Southern states. He's trying to deliberately provoke us into reacting in a stereotypically Southern, angry way. I hope we don't do that. I just called him a douche bag and suggested that he could do better than that.
So we have been through the "close call" cliff, which, in retrospect might not have been such a bad idea. Kicked it down the road. It may be the only way Obama and the democrats will consider addressing spending cuts.
The House republicans have kicked the other can down the road...the debt ceiling can. Another can. Can't make a decision but they can kick the hell out of cans!
I don't want to see them raise the eligibility for Medicare. Boehner wants it to go from 65 to 67. That's like putting a gun to our heads. Is the guy stupid? Does he WANT to lose the House in the next election? What's wrong with using vouchers for that group? Try them out. It's a HELL OF A LOT BETTER THAN DENYING it, for Christ's sake!
It's true what they say about how people may be living longer but that doesn't mean they are healthy enough to continue in the working population. Boehner needs to think about that. I'll save my comments about him for another morning.
I wonder if the democrats don't want to talk about vouchers because vouchers could work...and they don't want that. They want the budget and deficit big so they can raise taxes. They will blame it on conservatives...fire up the liberal mob and win the next election. They don't care if my tax rate goes to 50%. It's winning that counts. Scary.
Young people have a lot to lose. The interest on the current debt is 320 billion...twice the annual payroll for the US Military. Young people don't want to wake up in five years and say ,"What did you old guys do to us?" NOW is the time to get involved. It's looking like we older folks can't get a responsible government elected and may not ever be able to do it again.
So we have been through the "close call" cliff, which, in retrospect might not have been such a bad idea. Kicked it down the road. It may be the only way Obama and the democrats will consider addressing spending cuts.
The House republicans have kicked the other can down the road...the debt ceiling can. Another can. Can't make a decision but they can kick the hell out of cans!
I don't want to see them raise the eligibility for Medicare. Boehner wants it to go from 65 to 67. That's like putting a gun to our heads. Is the guy stupid? Does he WANT to lose the House in the next election? What's wrong with using vouchers for that group? Try them out. It's a HELL OF A LOT BETTER THAN DENYING it, for Christ's sake!
It's true what they say about how people may be living longer but that doesn't mean they are healthy enough to continue in the working population. Boehner needs to think about that. I'll save my comments about him for another morning.
I wonder if the democrats don't want to talk about vouchers because vouchers could work...and they don't want that. They want the budget and deficit big so they can raise taxes. They will blame it on conservatives...fire up the liberal mob and win the next election. They don't care if my tax rate goes to 50%. It's winning that counts. Scary.
Young people have a lot to lose. The interest on the current debt is 320 billion...twice the annual payroll for the US Military. Young people don't want to wake up in five years and say ,"What did you old guys do to us?" NOW is the time to get involved. It's looking like we older folks can't get a responsible government elected and may not ever be able to do it again.
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