First,
this "cliff" mess is all our fault..and by "our" I mean the
2 parties in DC and we citizens at home. I shall explain, but first:
Entitlements
are much misunderstood. You and I who worked, had money taken out of
our paychecks and socked away by the government for our future use. The 2 main
programs being Social Security and Medicare. It's a good system, though many
objected when introduced that they could invest their own funds better. Maybe.
But the point is we are "entitled" to them because we EARNED
them. The government is not giving us something. It manages the programs,
that's all...except when Congress takes money out of our 2 accounts to balance
its budget, which it does frequently, and which is part of the problems with
these 2 funds.
The
budget is a statement of public policy...basically we should spend money here,
not there. So when we decide to go to war, the most costly and inefficient of
all human endeavors, we have decided to spend money on war and not schools,
roads, health, etc. When we citizens let this type of budget policy be made we
are both supporting the war and NOT supporting spending limited funds on
schools, roads, health, etc.
I
supported the senior Bush's war in Kuwait. You cannot let a powerful neighbor
swallow up a smaller one, or the lessons Hitler taught us from Czechoslovakia
on have been unlearned.
I
did not support junior Bush's wars in Iraq (what WMD???) or in
Afghanistan (another intelligence failure..the Taliban had NO role in 9/11)
Worse, for the first time in U-S history we CUT taxes in wartime. In all past
wars we raised taxes to support the war effort. Not during these two wars and
it was a monumental mistake.
Now,
bring all these broad strokes together and you have...The Cliff! And we
can only blame..Bush, Obama, the GOP, the Dems, and above all..ourselves for
putting up with 2 foolish wars and even more foolish policies to pay for them:
cutting takes. Now, of course few want their taxes raised. Where were they to
oppose the wars, at a $110 Billion per year cost??? (That's a lot of
schools and roads or..ta da!..tax cuts.)
Don't
rely on "Washington" to get us away from the Cliff. Lexington and
Stinking Creek and Owensboro and Salyersville go us into this mess...and must
get us out. Tell your Congressman.
I'm just sayin'...
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