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Originally Posted by Nebe
i dont think we will ever see a politician bring concrete solid plans on how to fix our problems, because for the past 20 years, each president has pushed the problems under the rug for the next guy... now the problems are so bad that they might possibly be unfixable...
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
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i dont think we will ever see a politician bring concrete solid plans on how to fix our problems"
But Ryan has, courageously, done exactly that. His budget calls for Medicare savings in the multiple trillions of dollars.
What was the Democratic response? Did they offer an alternative plan to save the trillions that we need to save? No. They made a commercial showing Ryan pushing an old lady off a cliff.
That's the choice in thsi election. Romney/Ryan are taklking about the best way to make the difficult but necessary cuts. Obama/Biden will try to make us fear them for that.
Eben, I agree, we are in thsi mess because both parties chose to ignore this problem for 40 years. But today, one party is addressing these issues, the other is not.
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Jim - even though you sometimes give me a headache reading your posts you are spot on with this. Ryan IS the only one offering some kind of plan out. He stuck his neck WAY out and got pig piled on for it but he did have the testicular fortitude to do it. The Democratic party has NOT come up with a way out.
Ryan's plan is too austere for my tastes and would be watered down a bit but it is part of the way forward.
The LONGER we wait to implement something than the more austere it would be.