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To: TimF who wrote (886058)	9/8/2015 3:20:00 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1576954

>> Debt went up when the Vietnam war was combined with the steady expansion of Social Security.and the 1st decade of Medicare and Medicaid. It is worth mentioning that SS & Medicare weren't nearly the economic problems then as they are now. Medicare was in its first ten years and the long-term effect of Medicare and Medicaid had not begun to be seen. It was only 20 years of Medicare did the politicians realize it was a problem. And longer than that (40 years) for SS. These massive programs like this require decades to start falling apart. Obamacare will be the same thing. Although, the quality of care is declining faster than even I thought it would.

To: TimF who wrote (886058)	9/8/2015 7:34:09 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1576954

You are never going to have meaningful reform so long as the Rs continue to starve the country's revenue sources The idea that the nation is starved of revenue is a fantasy of yours. Not a fantasy......our infrastructure is deteriorating at a quick rate.......not uncommon to hear a bridge or a road has collapsed, we are falling behind in state of the art infrastructure upgrades, the quality of gov't agency performance has dropped.............its normal to hear about mail service complaints these days, astronauts have to piggy back rides to the space station, etc. There is abundant evidence that the quality of gov't and the quality of services has gone down hill since you asswipes decided that gov't should pay for itself.