Articles tagged with: Medicare
Paul Ryan’s “Path to Poverty” for the Middle Class
The House Republicans released this week a budget plan for the United States called “The Path to Prosperity“. According to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, the new budget initiative contains all of the policies that Republicans believe are needed to move America forward. It is, in fact, a revealing blueprint of how Mr. Ryan and his fellow conservatives view …
Disgraced Super Committee Fails to Act
For anybody wondering how the approval rating of Congress (more like the dis-approval rating) could possibly get any lower than its current 9%, the question has finally been answered. Today the so-called Super Committee, comprised of six Republicans and six Democrats, announced that they had failed to come to an agreement on how to remove $1.2 trillion in spending from …
The Tough Lessons of 2011
By the end of this week, three quarters of the year 2011 will behind us, leaving only a few months left until year end. So far, 2011 hasn’t really given Americans too much to cheer about, and certainly hasn’t lived up to the expectations for a decent economic recovery. I suppose the best thing that can be said about 2011 …
America May Face a Dire “Day After” Future
Several years ago, the American film industry produced a movie entitled “The Day After“. The basic theme of the film was how dramatically and quickly human life would change after the holocaust of a nuclear war. In a very graphic manner, it showed how American society would soon descend into chaos and anarchy once it was deprived of all the …
Ryan Plan Backers Face Angry Constituants At Home
The so-called Paul Ryan Budget Plan, passed last week by the House Republicans, calls for a $4.0 trillion reduction in the U.S. National Debt over the next ten years, which is similar to the debt reductions called for in the Obama Administration’s plan. The biggest difference in the two plans is the handling of the highly popular Medicare program. …
The Tea Party Lashes Out At Senior Citizens
Many Americans realize all too well that the battle over spending cuts in the 2011 federal budget for the remaining six months of the year is merely an “opening salvo” for the real battle yet to come over the 2012 budget.
Rep. Paul Ryan is Wrong on Social Security Reform
Government entitlement programs, especially Social Security, are often referred to as the “third rail” of American politics because they are considered untouchable. The problem is that the escalating costs of entitlements are the primary driver behind rising budget deficits. On the one hand, the mere mention of reigning-in Social Security costs is considered “political suicide”, yet on the other hand, …
The Filibustering “Party of No”
The inability of Congress to achieve even a modicum of bi-partisanship on something as simple and routine as a spending bill that keeps government services flowing is a troubling sign of the times we live in. The use of the filibuster to block legislation, which used to be used prudently and infrequently, is now an “everyday” weapon in the arsenal of Republicans
‘Twas The Night Before An Obama Christmas
As dry leaves that fall before new public option,
When met with an obstacle, they threw their old stocks in.
So up to the house-top discoursers they flew,
With a sleigh full of toys and Tiger Woods too.
