Showing posts with label medicare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medicare. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

I Hate Liars

So, yet again we hear, even on Fox News Radio half hour clips, that we risk default, and that Social Security Payments are at risk.

Bull Crap.

Yes, we borrow 40% of what we pay out, but that's because we pay out too much! Two points: if the debt ceiling will affect SS and Medicare payments, then we MUST be using borrowed money to write those checks, right? So much for the old Lockbox argument. If we are borrowing to pay those, how screwed up is the Federal Budget? Second, El Presidente said (to Scott Pelley, airs tonight) that we send out 70 million checks....WTF? with the estimated population at 311,749,302  it amazes me that so many people are receiving Government Support. Fun fact, that's roughly equivalent to every Obama voter...(69,499,428)

We won't default. we can pay the debt service and make our entitlement payments. We HAVE to cut spending. Either we do it now, make arrangements to cover obligations and avoid foreclosure, or we wait and then get foreclosed upon.

That's our choice, America.

Know that whenever anyone says "we may not be able to send out those Social Security checks" or "the US may default on it's loans" that person is lying or stupid.

I like this from the Washington Examiner, more specific, and with numbers!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Hey, I'm a busy person in real life, ok?

I'm posting today to say that I wanted to make sure it hadn't been a month since I posted.

Enjoyed a Nature show last night so I didn't have to watch the Obama Commercial. Man, do people turn their brains off. Seriously, people I know, love, and respect are in favor of government run Health Care. Wow. Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security, all work so well, after all. Very efficient. And the military is famous for keeping costs down: $1000 hammers, anyone? Of course FEMA is a gold standard, so I must be the crazy one.

I clearly missed the email advising Obama supporters to publicize their support on sites like Facebook, as those poll results keep showing up. If I was more confrontational I'd be all over that, but someone has to play nice. For now.

Don't forget to check out Mars during August, it's the closest it's been to Earth in recorded history.