This is SATIRE

But there is an enormous amount of truth in it.

http://unconfirmedsources.com/?itemid=6154

Moody's Downgrades GOP to 'Junk'Unconfirmed sources report that Moody's, the beleaguered bond rating agency, has downgraded the Republican Party to 'junk'. The down downgrade comes amidst tense negations between polarized members of the caucus which has paralyzed the party's ability to function.

"This is a very bad sign for the GOP," says Washington insider John Skidmore, of the consulting firm Skidmore International. "A downgrade of this magnitude signals a lack of confidence in the GOP to deliver an increase in the National Debt Ceiling, and will spell trouble for the party in the future. The GOP is ignoring the interests of their prime constituency, big business and their want of stability in the bond market."

The downgrade illustrates the rift in the Republican Party between the pro-business party leadership and the anti-government anti-debt Tea Party faction. The interests of these factions seems irreconcilable as the Tea Party would welcome a default to starve government and the rest of party wants to maintain stability for foster a positive business environment.


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And what a self-revealing piece of garbage it is - In opposition to his faulty assumptions: A decade of unemployment of American workers in mgf, IT, and other mid-level living-wage jobs alongside the housing crisis perpetrators and pension raiders combined with rising costs of basics via speculators and derivatives have markedly changed the status of many seniors almost overnight. Was that not enough sacrifice and loss to assure this writer's own vision of his declining years? Will he need to continue his sedentary writing until he goes blind and deaf, or has he already lost his marbles.


http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2011/07/29/elderly-are-the-root-of-problem.html?sid=101

Elderly are the root of problem
Friday, July 29, 2011 03:04 AM
By Robert J. Samuelson

There’s been an unspoken consensus among President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and Republicans not to discuss the central issue underlying the standoff over the budget and debt ceiling. We’ve heard lots about “compromise” or its absence. We’ve had dueling budgets with differing mixes of spending cuts and tax increases. But we’ve heard almost nothing of the main problem that makes the budget so intractable.

It’s the elderly, stupid.

By now, it’s obvious that we need to rewrite the social contract that, over the past half-century, has transformed the federal government’s main task into transferring income from workers to retirees... Finish reading if you can stomach...


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In fairness, yup, things to change - In light of the bad policies of the past, some seniors need even more assistance. How many jobs would be created to get clear pictures of their needs on a case-by-case basis? Bet there will soon be an app for that; you betcha!

OP, sorry for the hijack, but the compare and contrast thing is sometimes just too tempting to just let pass.