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Originally Posted by rubicon
...As usual we demonstrate we are incapable of effectively dealing with our nations issues. Democrats "Mediscare" tactics will result in nothing substantive being accomplished because Republicans will default to worrying how voters will look at them at the next election. It should be obvious to all of us that our spending is "unsustainable" and that our priorities are wrong. Pols have increased entitlement spending to gain votes and decreased defense spending to dangerous levels.
The government is no more serious about stopping fraud and waste concerning our spending programs, which by the way is likely underestimated, then they are about dealing with our devasting drug problems and immigration. Entitlement programs can and will be sustainable with the proper adjutments and controls.
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Sadly, when our freshman Congressman, Rich Nugent, had a town hall meeting at Laurel Maonor Rec Center a month or so ago, he expressed deep frustration with the Congress he is now a part of compared to what he expected. He expressed frustration with the control that the party organizations have over the membership and most importantly, that
the left and the right aren't even talking to one another about critical issues like the debt ceiling, the budget (we don't have one), spending cuts and entitlement changes. He related stories of committee meetings he's attended where the exchanges between the Republicans and the Democrats are little more than the types of soundbites you see on TV or on the Sunday talk shows. He explained that everyone in the Congress knows how critical our financial situation really is, and how imminently really major changes will have to happen. But the members on the ideological left and right seem willing to run the country right off the financial cliff and
aren't even talking about what changes could be made that might satisfy both sides. He described a complete and total stalemate on fiscal issues.
The wise men who designed our system of government are rolling over in their graves!