Fred- Good analysis of the fraud being perpetrated on us! I’ve been fighting such budget tricks and idiocy for decades. I can’t count how many times I’ve explained to people, for example, that when the federal government runs a deficit—just about always—that there is no SS surplus. None! Every dollar that goes into the SS trust fund is spent, with a surplus of IOU left on the books that will have to be covered in the future by more taxes or borrowing.
But knowledge is power, or at least the beginning of power. On occasions when Americans get fed up and try to understand what’s going on, and when they are educated, often by the Rush Limbaughs or other popular dispensers of information, then they can really frighten their elected officials who are pulling this crap.
That’s what’s happening now with the Tea Party movement. That’s why a lot of members of Congress won’t hold town hall meetings anymore, for fear of their constituents confronting them with uncomfortable facts. That’s why it was such fun watching Obama try not to squirm and to cover up his anger when Rep. Paul Ryan, at the health care Potemkim bi-partisan summit with Republicans, slapped him in the face with fact after fact.
I find it remarkable that Americans are out in the streets demonstrating over something like government deficits and debt, matters one would think would not provoke passion and would be of interest only at a handful of policy geeks.
There is still hope for freedom!
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