Who has the biggest ‘balls’ of all the candidiates? Hillary? Ron Paul? Giulliani?
Someday soon, one of these people will have to go before a camera and say: "Folks, our government is destitute. We are approaching 10 trillion in debt. This is cannot be sustained. Therefore, we have to stop policing the world and let it descend into chaos. Overseas investments will probably be confiscated. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, AFDC, will all have to be dramtically slashed or phased out. The federal workforce will be slashed by at least 50%.
Well, the Democrats will likely tell us they can raise taxes enough to fix most of the problems, and the Republicans will probably just remain in denial until it’s too late, so I guess we’re pretty much boned regardless.
[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Who has the biggest ‘balls’ of all the candidiates? Hillary? Ron Paul? Giulliani?
Someday soon, one of these people will have to go before a camera and say: "Folks, our government is destitute. We are approaching 10 trillion in debt. This is cannot be sustained. Therefore, we have to stop policing the world and let it descend into chaos. Overseas investments will probably be confiscated. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, AFDC, will all have to be dramtically slashed or phased out. The federal workforce will be slashed by at least 50%.
Now for the BAD news…"
Discuss?
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You know what they call the one who says it now before its too late.
I’ve posted this before, but it’s relevant for this thread too. David Walker, Comptroller General, has the balls.
There’s only one presidential candidate stressing just how far in debt this country is. He’s the only one stressing that we can’t keep playing world cop, handing out entitlements, and borrowing ourselves further into a hole. He’s the only one talking about a dramatic (not just tinkering around) downsizing of the State. And he’s the one called a kook. No, the real Kooks are the other candidates promising a bit less, or even more, spending!
I have met people (libs, at parties in my sub, lotta rich libs here) that are happy that we have promised trillions in benefits, like the government can make money magically appear( I know they can but the money loses value over time). I ask what the money would be worth if they actually tried to make good on all thse promises. I get a lot of blank looks.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
I’ve posted this before, but it’s relevant for this thread too. David Walker, Comptroller General, has the balls.
There’s only one presidential candidate stressing just how far in debt this country is. He’s the only one stressing that we can’t keep playing world cop, handing out entitlements, and borrowing ourselves further into a hole. He’s the only one talking about a dramatic (not just tinkering around) downsizing of the State. And he’s the one called a kook. No, the real Kooks are the other candidates promising a bit less, or even more, spending![/quote]
Nice video, this is the exact reason why it bothers me that Social Security and Medicare is not the top issue being discussed in this year’s election. Instead, all we are talking about is how much more money the government can pay for health care.
All we need to do is give people the option to opt out of Social Security. If you choose to opt out and have contributed less than X dollars, you will lose all of it. If you have more than X dollars, you receive a partial benefit, or possibly a lump sum. Those in retirement are unaffected, as are those that choose to stay in the system.
As for medicare, it is a bit more difficult as there isn’t even enough money in the system to fund those that have been paying in for many years. For the future, it needs to be completely scrapped and the private sector needs to create life-time health insurance plans. Similar to life insurance in that once the policy is underwritten the premiums are the same for your entire life. So if you purchased it will you were young, you would pay more than you would for a typicaly health insurance plan, but you would be building a nest egg the entire time so that your health care is paid for when you are older.
The problem is nobody has the guts to even bring up such a plan, and the liberals would literally freak out over no SS or medicare.
[i]David Walker, Comptroller General at the Government Accountability Office, appeared on the show “60 Minutes” last evening to discuss the federal budget outlook. If you saw the show, you know that he painted a very sobering picture regarding the federal government’s ability to meet its future obligations.
If you didn’t see the show, Mr. Walker’s theme was simple: government entitlement spending is like a runaway freight train headed straight at American taxpayers. He singled out the Medicare prescription drug bill, passed by Congress at the end of 2003, as “probably the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation since the 1960s.”
When it comes to Social Security and Medicare, the federal government simply won’t be able to keep its promises in the future. That is the reality every American should get used to, despite the grand promises of Washington reformers. Our entitlement system can’t be reformed- it’s too late. And the Medicare prescription drug bill is the final nail in the coffin.[/i] ronpaul.com For the entire article.
Main page to review other writings on Medicare, and health-care in general: ronpaul.com