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**Wckcvhsg** · 09-04-2011, 05:46 PM

So long as the government holds this much power over the governed, a 50/50 split will only result in half measures, as we saw last night.

I don't blame Boehner, he did what he could with the power he had.

The simple fact is, that even without any Democrats involved, the GOP wouldn't cut enough to balance the budget.
And if they actually did, after the next election cycle, the congress would be almost exclusively Democrats.
Despite the rhetoric, these characters still want people to vote for them in 2012, which is why they only try to "cut" Medicare and Social Security for people who are at least ten years away from seeing a dime from either program, because those people.

What's true about Social Security, Medicare and a Ponzi Scheme is that the people who get fucked are the last people in the system, the ones who pay, but never collect.
With a Ponzi scheme it's inevitable that those people will be aware of their losses within a relatively short time.
With Social Security and Medicare, unless the government is overthrown or falls to a foreign invader, the victims will be self selected, they have to vote to be the ones who will pay but never collect.
Because if you want the over 65 crowd to give the Democratic Party the kind of numbers Obama gets from the black community, cut Medicare and Social Security.

09-04-2011, 05:46 PM	#33
Wckcvhsg Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 494 Senior Member	So long as the government holds this much power over the governed, a 50/50 split will only result in half measures, as we saw last night. I don't blame Boehner, he did what he could with the power he had. The simple fact is, that even without any Democrats involved, the GOP wouldn't cut enough to balance the budget. And if they actually did, after the next election cycle, the congress would be almost exclusively Democrats. Despite the rhetoric, these characters still want people to vote for them in 2012, which is why they only try to "cut" Medicare and Social Security for people who are at least ten years away from seeing a dime from either program, because those people. What's true about Social Security, Medicare and a Ponzi Scheme is that the people who get fucked are the last people in the system, the ones who pay, but never collect. With a Ponzi scheme it's inevitable that those people will be aware of their losses within a relatively short time. With Social Security and Medicare, unless the government is overthrown or falls to a foreign invader, the victims will be self selected, they have to vote to be the ones who will pay but never collect. Because if you want the over 65 crowd to give the Democratic Party the kind of numbers Obama gets from the black community, cut Medicare and Social Security.
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