The Entitlement Reform Debate

Rome is burning.. Will Politics continue to bind these men? The budget is the number one national security issue. When will these men be held accountable? We the People must keep their feet to the fire and demand a balanced budget with a reform of the entitlement system. What do you propose and how long will it take?

Good article, A balanced budget is Obamas Achilles heel - http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/budget-battle-entitlement-reform-obama-achilles-heel-holtz-154433826.html

Rep. Paul Ryans budget proposal - http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2012/03/22/rep-paul-ryans-budget-plan-reframes-the-2012-elections/

Senator Rand Paul's budget proposal - http://m.spectator.org/169539/show/6247ae6e459211194b32f454e9d421dd/

really comfy slippers said:

Rome is burning.. Will Politics continue to bind these men? The budget is the number one national security issue. When will these men be held accountable? We the People must keep their feet to the fire and demand a balanced budget with a reform of the entitlement system. What do you propose and how long will it take?

Good article, A balanced budget is Obamas Achilles heel - http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/budget-battle-entitlement-reform-obama-achilles-heel-holtz-154433826.html

Rep. Paul Ryans budget proposal - http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2012/03/22/rep-paul-ryans-budget-plan-reframes-the-2012-elections/

Senator Rand Paul's budget proposal - http://m.spectator.org/169539/show/6247ae6e459211194b32f454e9d421dd/

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the entitlement system is not what blew up our budget and anyone that says so is a partisan hack incapable of consuming information sensibly.

What has two thumbs and thinks rationally?


Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck for president! Because 2+2=6!

The new GOP talking points. Ryan reintroduces his plan and every right wing talking head is parroting his bullshit.

laughingduck said:

Uncle Buck for president! Because 2+2=6!

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the debt started ballooning many decades after the implementation of the social safety net, at about the implementation of reaganomics. fact.

About the time the government started getting involved with healthcare..... Fact.

never mind I'm stoned. Critical Plus is what they call it. Kicking My Ass is what I call it.

laughingduck said:

About the time the government started getting involved with healthcare..... Fact.

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lol, nope.

show me a graph, cite your nonsense. your talking points are laughable.

you know the gov's budget has been outa controll for 30 plus years..its jus the hot button issue for the year...nothing will chang at all..and next year there will be a new hot button to chatter about...nothin will happen and the next year and so on...its alot of nonsence. Bill clinton ran a good budget...maybe more presidents should hav an intern blow them in office..

UncleBuck said:

the entitlement system is not what blew up our budget and anyone that says so is a partisan hack incapable of consuming information sensibly.

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Really?

How much does the federal government owe the Social Security fund?

It is over 3 trillion dollars...

But naah, it wasnt the entitlement system that did it...

NLXSK1 said:

Really?

How much does the federal government owe the Social Security fund?

It is over 3 trillion dollars...

But naah, it wasnt the entitlement system that did it...

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so, when did social security start now? how did that blow up the budget?

LOL!

partisan hack identified.

Because I want a balanced budget I'm a right wing parrot. Laughable

Hey here's your hand out

SS is NOT an entitlement.

really comfy slippers said:

... demand a balanced budget with a reform of the entitlement system...

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really comfy slippers said:

Because I want a balanced budget I'm a right wing parrot. Laughable

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never said you were.

my claim was that the entitlement system did not blow up our budget.

Let's help balance the budget and reform the entitlement system. Yea or nay

Social Security is not an entitlement. I've been paying into it for 3 decades. It's a safety net that we all pay into. Damned good thing we have it. Looked at your IRA over the last few years? How's your real estate value doing the last 6 years?

Here's my problem w/ what many on the right call "reform." What that really means is cutting social services for the very poorest in our society and raising their tax burden while reducing the burden on the very wealthiest amongst us. The notion that all those at the top would then allow that $ to trickle down through the economy is laughable and historically a false logic. If that fallacy actually worked our economy would be booming. The top brackets have had their income explode over the last 2 decades while the rest of us have stagnated economically.

That's hypocrisy at it's height and just plain bad policy.

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UncleBuck said:

so, when did social security start now? how did that blow up the budget?

LOL!

partisan hack identified.

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That is a cute graph... However, the IOU's in the federal budget are counted as an asset not as an expense. What would the graph look like if they actually showed the hidden costs of raiding the social security trust fund?

NLXSK1 said:

That is a cute graph... However, the IOU's in the federal budget are counted as an asset not as an expense. What would the graph look like if they actually showed the hidden costs of raiding the social security trust fund?

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DO NOT question the feds' slight of hand! Such questions only serve to upset the pigeons in the coop. If we need more money we'll just print some up. This is an election year, dammit!