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Originally Posted by joshgirls
i would retort that the threats of default & govt shutdowns each time a spending bill comes up, & the creation of the supercommittee, are all the consequence of the tea party votes in the house.
what i say to dems is this. We see the tea party vision for medicare. its to "de-entitle" it, make it a voucher & leave seniors to the profiteering of the monopolistic health insurers. What is the dem alternative. The status quo is financially unsustainable. Only the dems can make the hard choices to reduce benefits while maintaining the entitlement is available to all seniors.
2012 is going to be a referendum on whether the public is more afraid of the deficit, or losing entitlement benefits.
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I was thinking more a the local level, the districts they're over. While I'm sure someone has cut spending... you would think all of them would be echoing at the local level what they plan on doing at the federal level. By them not doing that... it kinda shows they're full of shit.
I didn't know the tea party did the super committee, I thought Obama came up with that completely stupid, unconstitutional, sub-congress.
Medicare was perfectly fine before all the States invested the money into the markets and lost all of the money in the 08 crash. Well of course "now" it's a problem.
Vouchers are extremely bad ideas... how about some real logic, regulate the medical industry like every other fucking country in the world! Bam, problems solved! Yep, pills should not cost $300 here and $6 for the exact same thing in Mexico, profit is fine, but come on - it's killing our Country now!
Entitlement programs are paid for.... just get the damn politicians to leave the the hell alone and they would be perfectly fine.