***chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon***
- Health care is not a government responsibility in the United States
- Citizens will invoke the Riot Act
- We spent far more of our GDP for WWII than we are for the Iraq War
this guy has been hanging out with his college friends to much
Never happen to us. America is immune from history. We’re special.
” ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments “
and frickin frackings... and over use of adjectives..
If the USA falls, and that is a BIG IF, it will be because we turned our backs on God.
No such thing in Washington
Mr Walker, who was appointed during the Clinton administration to the post,
Naturally
Billions of dollars will be needed to modernise everything
Mr Walker said he would offer to brief the would-be presidential candidates next spring.
He's basically lobbing the ball to the 'Rat candidates to call for "deficit reduction" (higher tax rates).
Too many words, and some of them are really long.
Ha! Rome lasted a thousand years (more like 1,300). Anyway Rome couldn’t destroy the world if they wanted. America doesn’t need to be afraid, the rest of the barbarians do. If the barbarians are at the gate, they lose, not us...The third world (the US being first and second), never thinks about this...
Yeah, the fall sucked but the summer really grooved...
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"Roman matrons used to say to their sons: ‘Come back with your shield, or on it.’ Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome."
— Robert A. Heinlein
Well here are some possible solutions Mr. Controller General.
1. CUT taxes to generate MORE revenue for "the government."
2. By all means, SLASH GOV. SERVICES! There are too many anyway.
3. Force those countries that owe billions to the U.S. TAXPAYERS to pay those countries that are owed by the U.S. Government.
Problem solved. It isn't that hard if you try, you stooge.
Thanks for posting this. (Sad to see that many of the responses on the thread remind me of the famous monkey covering his eyes, ears, and mouth. Willful ignorance.)
He's a deficit hawk who is worried about the bills that will come due when the Boomers retire and draw on Social Security and Medicare. That wasn't Rome's problem.
It's a legitimate concern, but given what happened to President Bush's modest proposal to start paying down some of those liabilities now, instead of waiting and relying entirely on the present pay as you go system, the country isn't going to do anything about it until the problem is upon us.
So is this when we thank the “greatest generation” for having government expand beyond its means and passing it’s all about me on to their grandchildren?
This is the killer. Once you’ve lost your way morally, there is no hope for everything else. Is it too late? It seems increasingly, there is a decreasing “moral minority.” Look at the choices we have for our next leader.
We need to avoid plagues?