Post #283 YOU Are Being Fleeced!

When Speaker Of The House John Boehner, minority leader Senator Mitch McConnell and President Barack Obama emerge from the White House with 'peace in our time' -- a debt deal, do not believe it. Nothing from Washington works as well as advertised.

The debt crisis is a hoax. Ever since Thomas Jefferson ran up wine bills he could not afford, we have been living beyond our means. Actually, the debt goes back to Year 1 of the United States -- ol' T.J. was just an outrageous example.

That is why I say the 'debt ceiling' is a political number -- it has nothing to do with the realities on the ground. I agree with Warren Buffet: It is a farce and should be eliminated. It just gives Michele Bachmann something to rant about instead of 'Anti-American homosexuals!' :p

Look, our debt equals roughly one year of our Gross Domestic Product -- kind of silly to be in a crisis mode. Oh, sure, the debt is important and will be important tomorrow. I'd like to see Rudyard Kipling working on the debt -- "If you can keep your head..."

But our "leaders" will announce a deal to avert the crisis, involving 'sacrifice' from everybody... but themselves. If our "leaders" would like to remove the quotes, they can start with themselves. Leadership is setting an example.

No federal employee should make more than $106,000 a year. Payments into Social Security are capped at a tax on $106,000 a year -- meaning that, using very generous and rounded-up figures, a person making $106,000 a year is taxed at a rate to support two Grandmas a year. If you make more than $106,000 a year, well, that is FREE money....

That is what is wrong with this country: Too many deadbeats looking for a handout -- and it starts at the top....

Before President Bachmann repeals Obamacare, she ought to repeal that government-run health care for Congress. Perhaps John McCain will lead a bill to cap Social Security benefits paid to Congress -- say $470 a month (Post #278). Maybe Michelle Obama will open a daycare for illegitimate children to support her husband's give away to unwed mothers (Post #279).

Leave Grandma alone -- or those who want to be a Grandma one day. The point is, there is a lot a leader can do -- just in government itself. Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. And then look at your donor list BEFORE asking Grandma for 'sacrifice.'

* sheesh * Why is this so hard?