Thursday, July 28, 2011

HUMAN SHIELDS - THE HOLDING OF ONE SEGMENT OF AMERICA HOSTAGE

The American People want an open civilized discussion and decision as to what's on the table for cutting and when!  We do not want one party alone holding all the cards and calling the shots, like the 'Snidely Whiplash' Party is attempting to perpetrate at this time!  If the economy is in utter chaos at the November 2012 election, the People will be voting their wallet, and that will be for Democrats not the Republicans !! 
It is idiotic for any politician to make a pledge that they will 'never under any circumstance ask for a revenue increase'. On the other hand the Democrats haven't been at all historically serious about controlling the Debt. Congress, Stop the blame-game; Get together and take it one step at a time. First of all it would be immoral to just deny the poor elderly and disabled their monthly benefit income while oneself is sitting fat and happy, as well as what a US default would do to the World Economy! It must be agreed on how and where cuts are made, instead of being a 'Jack the Ripper' like the tea party is demanding right now.
Turn on the TV and listen to all three networks and compare. The whole thing could snowball into a last days scenario, if we don't do what's necessary and step back from the brink. I agree we need a balanced budget amendment, but haste makes waste. It needs to be Well Thought Out and Debated, not Rammed Down the Throat of America!

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Isn't there enough waste and/or overlap

in Federal programs, whereby 537 minds can't get together, and then keep retreating back from the brink of money-management chaos???   
Isn't there enough Wealth in this Nation to pay Our bills???

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Mitch McConnell has been in the Senate Twenty-Six Years and ''NOW'' he doesn't want to take ''CO-OWNERSHIP'' of the Economy ? ? (right-click here for article)

Revenues are the Name-Of-The-Game in government.
WE can not have a UNITED STATES OF AMERICA without Revenues!
Grow-Up Republicans!  Return to Reality! 

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Wednesday, July 06, 2011

THE WAY FORWARD

I.  We should absolutely do the hard work to back away from these continuous 'raisings of the Debt Limit'! 
II.  With our current impasse, where one Party wishes to raise revenues and the other wishes to slash appropriations.  We indeed ought to agree to a dollar for dollar trade-off.  Rather millions and billions in dollar for dollar trades.  For example, for closing several of the egregious tax breaks, the Democratic Party would agree to Program cuts in like numbers.  
Some are yelling 'Entitlements';   Well OK we can begin means-testing those if you insist!  So we can pair those who need that and those who don't. 
You know, that's so easy to say.  Those who have an income may not care about the poor elderly and disabled or minimum-wage families with sick kids. 
III.  The best place of course to begin cuts would be in the Military.  We certainly do not need bases all around the world, when there isn't a solvent nation or functioning people here to protect!
It is the oldest adage in government.  Do We Want more 'Beans or Bullets' with the economy as It Is Right Now ?
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