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Stop buying the B.S. Read this: http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/new-roosevelt/federal-budget-not-household-budget-here-s-why

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@DannyMatlock: Exactly! Congressional health benefits are just the icing on the cake. These public “servants” get a full pension in very little time. Before we look at ANY cuts to Social Security or Medicare, we should be looking at Congressmen and federal employees at all levels to put their compensation packages in line with what people might expect to make in the private sector.

The excuse is always the same. “The amount we will save is insignificant”. Fine. If it is insignificant, than making those cuts should be simple. Make them, and THEN lets talk about taxes and entitlements.

Federal funds and guarantees have boosted state and municipal government salaries and pensions to unreasonable levels as well. States and municipalities that do not institute pension reform should be cut off from Federal dollars. Once we go down that path, the money is no longer insignificant.

Don’t forget that if Social Security and Medicare don’t exist, or aren’t as effective, it’s YOUR generation that will have to support their parents, people like me. Don’t let them gut these so-called “entitlement” programs.

Tax Congress, put them on Obamacare, and lower their salaries for the next 10 years.

No, I agree we need all 3 spending cuts, increase of taxes, for those that can afford it and growing the economy for it to be balanced what I don’t agree with is that, all of the cuts need to come from the poor, elderly and disabled. Medicare, medicaid and social security are not the only things we spend money for. We give thousands of dollars to big corporations that make billions in profits. Why not start there. The problem is that we are willing to fund the building of a new civic center or even a park but it is unthinkable to protect the poor from living on the street. And really if entitlements are so important to cut why haven’t the congress given up their entitlements, health care for life to help balance the budget.They make over
$200,000 a year for part time work, they can afford to pay for their medical and retirement. Put that on the table.

I agree. Fix the deficit by taxing the rich an extremely high amount.

@BruceStotts: You should note the petition calls for tax increases, spending cuts, and growth in the economy, because anything short of all three will leave us looking like Greece. You can disagree with that premise, but I suspect you will have a very hard time making the math support an opinion to the contrary.

!6 Trillion does not even begin to describe our debt. Today the FHA announced it may need a bailout to prop up the more than $trillion dollars in loans they back. California, New York, and several other states have tremendous debt and deficits. When they require a bailout, the 16 trillion dollars is going to have looked cheap.

Complaining about Republican spending on wars is as pointless and irrelevant as complaining about Obama’s new trillion dollars in spending on the Affordable Care Act. Spending is spending, and the money is now committed. We either have the backbone to do what it takes not to look like Greece, or we do not.

A republican starts 2 wars on a credit card and then republicans want to pay for that on the backs of the elderly, the sick and disabled. That is sick. Let the 2% pay a little extra they will not miss a meal like the middle class and the poor will.

Ms. Emmerling: The average retiree gets back more than twice as much as they pay into Social Security including employer matching and interest and more than three times as much in Medicare benefits. That is why they are going broke and as long as our country is run by uneducated voters such as yourself we are doomed to a future of extreme inflation as the country tries to print enough money to keep up with all of its promises. During times of extreme inflation it is the middle class that gets crushed, not the rich. Good luck Ms. Emmerling, you are going to need it.

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@Michael Davidson: You’re right… his comment is contrary to the petition… and it is correct. Which is why I will not sign it or join this group.

“simplify the tax code and eliminate loopholes” is Republican-speak for “give more money to the wealthy”. It is not possible to eliminate enough loopholes to make up for the Bush tax cuts. Simply allowing those cuts to expire for the people making more than $250k will raise rates back to what they were in the 90s when we had a balanced budget.

And the Simpson-Bowles Commission proposal is heavily weighted with slashing Medicare and Medicaid benefits which will simply dump more people into poverty. Instead, we should stop fighting ridiculous ground wars in Asia, slash the Pentagon budget, and stop giving subsidies to oil companies and factory farms.

So while I agree the debt is a problem and we need both revenue and spending cuts to solve it, Alan Simpson is not the guy to lead us to a solution.

The next a-hole who calls Social Security/Medicare “Entitlements” might see “postal” go into effect again – WE PAID INTO THOSE SYSTEMS – THEY ARE NOT ENTITLEMENTS….self-centered SOBs – mailing out Webster Dictionaries to “are you smarter than a 5th grader” to Capital Hill morons!

Webster definition of Entitlement:
"
en·ti·tle·ment
noun \-ˈtī-təl-mənt\

Definition of ENTITLEMENT

1
a: the state or condition of being entitled : right

b: a right to benefits specified especially by law or contract

2
: a government program providing benefits to members of a specified group; also: funds supporting or distributed by such a program

3
: belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges "

Synonyms: allocation, allotment, annuity, appropriation, grant, subsidy, subvention

Social Security
noun

Definition of SOCIAL SECURITY

1

: the principle or practice or a program of public provision (as through social insurance or assistance) for the economic security and social welfare of the individual and his or her family; especiallycapitalized both Ss: a United States government program established in 1935 to include old-age and survivors insurance, contributions to state unemployment ****insurance****, and old-age assistance

2
: money paid out through a social security program ****** *******

NOT ONLY DOES THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE BUT THE EMPLOYER MATCHES WHAT THE EMPLOYEE PAY INTO THE SYSTEM (double dipping – the Gov. is) and they call it ENTITLEMENT?

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We need everyones support and everyones effort. If its everyones furture we are talking about here why isn’t everyone concerned????? That’s the crazy part.