Comments on: Why Federal Government Spending Will Never Be Cut

By: angus

angus — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:44:21 +0000

Regarding entilements…this blue head agrees that a lot us are very protective of them. That’s the way we grew up, being told to work hard and save. SS was to be asupplemental to what whatever we managed to save and invest for retirement. The problem started when Congress started spending like it was part of their budget, not something to be put away in the mythical lock box. Finally….if you cut defense or welfare spending, why do you have to raise taxes?

By: SC

SC — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:05:04 +0000

“The minimum age for medicare and social security should be raised, they are just avoiding the issue because doing so would make them look bad to the old people who vote.”

You just hit the nail right on the head, so I don’t know why you’re asking. The elderly are among most vocal and the highest-voting demographic. And now they feel entitled, because after all, they’ve been paying taxes and into SS for 40-odd years and now they want their piece of it.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:06:06 +0000

It’s not gov’t spending that bothers me.

It’s gov’t STEALING that bothers me.

Hell, everybody likes to spend, but here in the private sector we don’t get to go out and steal the money we like to spend, so we are automatically limited in the amount we get to spend.

Wanna stop gov’t spending?
Then stop gov’t stealing, period.

Spending isn’t wrong.
Stealing is wrong, this is an axiom.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:16:45 +0000

People talk about medicare and social security as they are something completely unrelated to the rest of the budget, and completely untouchable. Why can’t we cut spending on these? Congress has the power to alter the legislation upon which they operates. The minimum age for medicare and social security should be raised, they are just avoiding the issue because doing so would make them look bad to the old people who vote.