tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569871318191484217.post6659444413949752817..comments2023-04-15T08:24:08.904-04:00Comments on The Eclectic Curmudgeon: Balance the Budget!Reschzoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04554054134794211702noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569871318191484217.post-40769921965057495412011-01-02T11:33:07.899-05:002011-01-02T11:33:07.899-05:00From my friend and mostly some time reader and com...From my friend and mostly some time reader and commenter from Henderson, Nevada right outside and to the right physically of Las Vegas (the place where dreams are smashed, right Ms. Angle?) comes the following comment:<br /><br />sir <br />great piece...<br />interesting to see what the tea bagged are going to say when all their thoughts about a balanced budget, reduced spending and other pie in the sky aspirations do not come to fruition.<br /><br />Thanks to Larry F. for that.Reschzoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04554054134794211702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569871318191484217.post-91341231363871834262010-12-31T16:46:43.792-05:002010-12-31T16:46:43.792-05:00Thanks for the comment Robin.
Your first 7 words t...Thanks for the comment Robin.<br />Your first 7 words tell the story - NOBODY IS SERIOUS ABOUT THE DEBT!<br />Okay, some will talk about it and even posture and propose legislation but only after making sure the bill doesn't have enough votes to pass.<br />The bottom line is, as you said, not BLUE vs. RED but not only young vs. old. It's also rich vs. poor and you and I (I'm assuming here) are at a huge disadvantage.<br />THAT IS UNTIL I WIN TONIGHT'S $242 MILLION DOLLAR MEGA LOTTERY (NET $92.4 MILLION AFTER TAXES.)<br />And then - Sayonara losers! :-DReschzoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04554054134794211702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569871318191484217.post-72778989554347161702010-12-31T14:34:20.783-05:002010-12-31T14:34:20.783-05:00Anyone serious about cutting the national debt kno...Anyone serious about cutting the national debt knows there are only two places where the big money is to cut - the defense budget and social security/med-care.<br /><br />To payoff a $14 trillion debt both need to be cut. Why are we spending trillions of dollars a year keeping a 1.5 million man military all around the world?<br /><br />Why do we care so much about social security when the people collecting the benefits are the people/generation that got us in this mess? Anyone under 50 most likely will never see a dime of social security money.<br /><br />Medicare/medicaid money is again going to the same generation on people that ceated this mess - on the backs of young people that go without healthcare.<br /><br />The separation in the US is not Red s Blue states - it in the young vs. the old.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12495441507908789479noreply@blogger.com