Guest
05-26-2011, 12:05 PM
As much as significant changes to both Medicare and Social Security need to be a part of any plan to reduce government spending and begin to move towards a balanced budget, do you think that any of the candidates for federal office in 2012 will make that a part of their campaign platform? And if they do, what chance do you think they have of winning election?
In a poll last week, even members of the Tea Party who were polled rejected the idea of reducing the entitlements of the Social Security Act by a 70% margin. Will any fiscal conservative run against that groundswell of opposition? Will any of the candidates from either party tell the truth that they all know to be true--that significant cuts to all entitlement programs will ultimately be necessary? Or will they simply avoid addressing the issue directly, and continue the harangue of soundbite-worthy negative criticisms of their opponents in an attempt to get elected to one of those sweet inside-the-beltway jobs?
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In a poll last week, even members of the Tea Party who were polled rejected the idea of reducing the entitlements of the Social Security Act by a 70% margin. Will any fiscal conservative run against that groundswell of opposition? Will any of the candidates from either party tell the truth that they all know to be true--that significant cuts to all entitlement programs will ultimately be necessary? Or will they simply avoid addressing the issue directly, and continue the harangue of soundbite-worthy negative criticisms of their opponents in an attempt to get elected to one of those sweet inside-the-beltway jobs?
Want my guess?