Reply #12: Hey, you upset Clark! So you get a K&R! Seriously, you make a

[The Big Vetolski]

great point. But it's not just Obama. Have you listened to the talking heads like Cook on the Diane Ream(I really don't know how to spell her last name, so I went with the most obnoxious just because her show has pissed me off so much lately) Show going on and on about how "everyone" acknowledges Social Security and Medicare have to be scaled back in order to save the programs? Well, even the Republicans claim that!

It's all bullshit. I'll prove it. Take the defense budget. Cut it in half. Use about a tenth of the savings to fund Medicare and it's fine. Use another 40% of the savings on, oh, I don't know, directly hiring people, maybe? And just don't replace the other 50%.

Yes, I'm playing fast and loose with the figures. But I'm damned sure the budget can be balanced if Defense is cut in half. But nobody can talk about THAT, now can they? The fact is, Medicare does not HAVE to be cut, or "adjusted," to balance the budget. Harumph.