Reply #179: That's lovely..

[OmahaBlueDog]

Blame me, blame Gary Condit, Hell...blame Chandra Levy for all I care.

I agree that Republicans are mostly (not entirely) to blame for the current state of pensions, the current state of our National debt, and gross fiscal mismanagement. Nevertheless, knowing that does not make the fact that Social Security is underfunded go away. It does not make the fact that we owe 9 1/2 Trillion dollars -- mostly to the Chinese and Petrostates -- go away. We also agreee that there is no FDR out there, so when you're done laughing at me, maybe you'd care to put forward how you'd solve these problems. (Hint: even if we cut the $500 billion defense budget to $50, you're still about $170 bilion short of making any meaningful dent in the national debt, and I'm assuming you can balance the budget -- which currently runs about $300 B per year in the red. OK -- you've cut defense -- from where is the other $470 B coming?)