>> Wow, sounds like you think Bush was really on the ball! <ggg>
I have very few problems with the Bush presidency. I believe he will be remembered as one of our better presidents once the emotions of the moment have dissolved, as they do over time.
SS can be pretty easily fixed for many more years with some tweaking if done soon
Nonsense. Even with the massive tax increases in 1981, the SS system is broke again already in 2010. 30 years is NOTHING when you're talking about pension/retirement plans. A plan is actuarily sound or it isn't; if it is for only 50 years, then it isn't.
IMO, SS cannot be fixed.
and that medicare is the tougher problem from a fiscal point of view.
They are both very, very large problems. And MC cannot be fixed either.
You seem pretty worried about a large stimulus bill, but just look at the amount of national debt piled up under Shrub.
The increase in debt under Bush is immaterial when compared to the debt we have incurred as a result of failed liberal social programs (SS, MC, Unemployment Insurance, and I would add, labor unions out of control).
My problem with the stimulus bill is not so much about the Trillion we're spending now, but more about piling on another entitlement (you know, the "health care is a 'right'" BS) that takes an already difficult situation and makes it insurmountable.
What I don't get about you liberals is how you focus on the small stuff and totally miss the big picture. |
