"It's not the responsibility of the government to take care of us" [View All]

So says Chuck Hagel..

Gee what a guy... There's that "r" word again.,....casually tripping over the lips of an irresponsible senator.

It somehow IS the responsibility of all of us to keep feeding the congressional beast, and feeding it as much at it WANTS.

When on earth will people start standing up and correcting these louses. Social Security is NOT "an entitlement" program.. WE PAY FOR IT..AND PAY DEARLY.

An entitlement program is one where the government GIVES of the public purse, to people who have NOT paid in,money and services that they are entitled to because of need.

Welfare is an entitlement program, because the recipients cannot afford to keep up without it. Food stamps are an entitlement program for the same reasons.

If social security is an entitlement program, then so are whole life insurance policies and 401-ks. We pay today's dollars into them, with the assurance that "when we get old, and need the money, it will be there for us"..

Social security was revamped in the 80's to make sure that the "Greatest Generation" got a nice raise.. (The thinking was that they deserved it) and while we were at it, there was extra put into the withholding so the Boomers would PRE-PAY our own way, so we would not be a burden on our kids.. Well GUESS WHAT?? WE HELD UP OUR END OF THE BARGAIN FOR 40 YEARS, and now the "extra" money that was "STOLEN" from our paychecks for all those years is not only MISSING, but even asking to have it restored to us, is asking for an "entitlement"...


THIS IS WHAT THE ELECTIONS SHOULD BE ABOUT.....

and it should be about

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ALL
RESTORATION OF FREE POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS WITH A B OR BETTER AVERAGE
IMMEDIATE "MOON-SHOT" STYLE PROGRAMS TO HEAD-OFF THE GLOBAL CALAMITY WE FACE
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
ENDING OFF-SHORING/OUTSOURCING/DOWNSIZING


It's way past time that we start concentrating on things that ALL people can relate to.

Everyone gets sick
Everyone breathes and needs water
Everyone needs heat and light
Everyone has only ONE planet to inhabit
Everyone needs a way to earn a living

The narrow, divisive issues that gobble all the oxygen every election cycle are MEANINGLESS and just plain MEAN..

Look at them:

Mexican pawns on the CEO chessboard
Women's "girly bits"
Macho guys & their guns
Battering a poor country who we claim to want to help (we just want their goodies)
Shoving the "God du Jour" (historically speaking) down the throats of any unconverted

NONE of those hot-button issues can ever "really" be solved

Part of the US, we TOOK from Mexico (their people have always been a part of US)
Women will have abortions as long as they have a uterus
Ted Kennedy is not going door to door collecting guns any time soon
The monkey cannot get his hand out of the bottle, until he lets go of the treasure inside it
God is not "ownable" by anyone, and if he exists, is probably fed up with ALL of us..

Change the tune!! Play a song with a good beat, that we can ALL dance to!