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betsyb commented on the blog post Obama: Middle Class Should Pay Some of the Costs to Fix Mess They Didn’t Cause
There is not only a class struggle in this country — these (Washington) people are on a different planet. You’re right that the struggling middle class should not have to pick up the tab for the people who caused the problems.
We are already paying $3.50-$4 a gallon for gas so some can make more profits, too much for health care costs and insurance so some can make more profits, too much for wars and deaths so some can make more profits, providing subsidies to corps so they can make more profits while ruining the environment, and on and on and on.
Not only is it not fair or moral, but also it is simply ludicrous to think that the middle class can continue this charade. Many facing retirement years have nothing other than SS and Medicare; they’ve lost jobs, retirement funds, benefits, home equity and on and on and on. And someone thinks we can pay more for Medicare? How can we get it across to them that they need to come back to Earth?
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betsyb commented on the blog post Obama: We Offered Cuts to “Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security”
Okay, he put them on the table (which he never should have), they declined, now take these programs off the table – for good. They do not need to be part of the bargaining – plenty of ways to cut spending (defense anyone?) and raise revenues without hurting the MC, which simply cannot afford it!
