How to stop the revival of Laissez-Faire?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     You can start by recognizing that there is no chance of any program getting abolished, except maybe Obamacare prior to it starting up in full. People will fight to the death for their precious entitlement programs.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     You can start by recognizing that there is no chance of any program getting abolished, except maybe Obamacare prior to it starting up in full. People will fight to the death for their precious entitlement programs.

But people are just as willing to fight to the death for other people's precious unsustainble tax levels. We're drowing in Ronald Reagan and W's red ink.

     Which goes back to what wormyguy was saying. The country is a train that's about to derail & nobody in office is willing to fix what is wrong. We'll be seeing progressively more of this insanity until the government finally goes bankrupt & the United States becomes a third-world country. By then it will be too late.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     You can start by recognizing that there is no chance of any program getting abolished, except maybe Obamacare prior to it starting up in full. People will fight to the death for their precious entitlement programs.

But people are just as willing to fight to the death for other people's precious unsustainble tax levels. We're drowing in Ronald Reagan and W's red ink.

     Which goes back to what wormyguy was saying. The country is a train that's about to derail & nobody in office is willing to fix what is wrong. We'll be seeing progressively more of this insanity until the government finally goes bankrupt & the United States becomes a third-world country. By then it will be too late.

The United States only becomes a third-world country if at the point tough decisions need to be made we choose to keep a huge military over healthcare for poor people. Or if we decide that a 35% tax rate on Billionaires shouldn't increase but food stamps should be eliminated. When a country starts leaving large portions of it's populace in desperate poverty with no social safety net, it starts taking on the characteristics of what we like to call "third world" countries.

     There are too many interests pulling in too many different directions. The average voter wants more entitlement programs, more tax cuts, & a balanced budget. The politicians will continue to talk about change & do nothing while China casts us aside & the dollar implodes. It probably won't happen for another 20-30 years at least, but I have little doubt that it will eventually happen.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Let me put it this way; if the GOP actually eliminated Social Security or Medicare, it would take a miracle for them to even reach 40% of the nationwide Congressional vote in 2012. If anything, Democrats should be hoping they do it, since it would destroy the Republicans electorally for a good couple of cycles. You could bring those things back & do so much more.

     The only problem is that if the Republicans take the Senate, Democrats getting a super-majority in 2012 is impossible without significant defections, & we all know the Senate Demcorats can't do anything without a super-majority.