U.S. Standard of Living Unsustainable Without Drastic Action, Former Top Govt. Accountant Says

Yahoo News -- Tech Ticker ^ | 03/31/10 | Heesun Wee

[Doe Eyes]

When Bush tried very modestly to try to reform Social Security, he was demonized by the Democrats: scoffed at, and called stupid.

So the Republicans stopped. When Obama proposed his National Health care, he was demonized by the Republicans: scoffed at, and called stupid, but he did not stop.

Republicans are at their best, on the sidelines, complaining about what the Democrats are doing, instead of actually getting things done.

[GingisK]

...I felt 2/3 of Americans were brain dead...

That is an optimistic view, I'm afraid.

[Venturer]

I got news for you Hoss. we passed the tipping point a long time ago/ 1-20-09

[elpadre]

Protect the national defense, but for the remainder, take a scalpel to the budget and cut deep. The trauma of the surgery will kill or cure us. My bet is that it will make the nation well.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Oh boy..the towns are gonna burn! urban renewal. it’s time to take down the Plantation that the Dems have set up.

[Chode]

[familyop]

Policy makers at all levels of government will cut large percentages of worthless positions (regulators, domestic violence activists, public schools, all)...after the defaults. The forces of sovereign debt crises are the only way to small government again.

[Mark17]

The worst-case scenario is a violent and tragic civil war that makes the first one look like a mere football game.

That's the best case scenario. The worst case scenario is it might cause another world war, that makes a horrible civil war pale in comparison.

[dragnet2]

U.S. Standard of Living Unsustainable Without Drastic Action, Former Top Govt. Hack says

Great, lets start by eliminating millions or approximation 70 percent of government employee bureaucrats at levels, outside of military.

[dragnet2]

What's ultimately at stake may be nothing short of Americans' faith in government

Is this guy kidding?

Anyone with a brain lost faith in this corrupt, controlling, arrogant government years ago.

[dragnet2]

What's ultimately at stake may be nothing short of Americans' faith in government

Is this guy kidding?

Anyone with a brain lost faith in this corrupt, controlling, arrogant government years ago.

Ya see, these arrogant government hacks have yet to realize, it's this all controlling, every expanding bloated government that is manufacturing these country killing, destructive policies.

[VOA]

IIRC, this David Walker has been sounding the alarm on The Glenn Beck
TV show, even when Beck was on CNN.

[pingman]

Mission accomplished?

[Joan Kerrey]

That should fix everything...

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lol, good one
It won’t fix the food problem though so I suggest we start importing Palestinians from Israel so that we’ll have as good a food supply as Israel does.

[Oceander]

Duh.

[dforest]

Dope and chains. No big surprise.

[Thane_Banquo]

Hmm. Well, my case was worse than the original “worst-case.” So we’ll have to call my case the moderate-case scenario.

[Mark17]

So we’ll have to call my case the moderate-case scenario.

LOL, well put sir. My regards to you and yours.

[Mark17]

By the way, I am a die hard Blackhawks fan, though they are playing horrible right now.

[Thane_Banquo]

Awesome!