THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN:
WHO WON? WHO LOST?
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| BEN CALDERONI |
In negotiating with anyone, you have to study your foe - who he is, where he comes from: money, wife, children, education, etc. You cannot negotiate with someone who has nothing to lose - in this case, the president, whose arrogance may be summed up as, "It's my way or the highway!"
This president is negotiating with our money and our future. Either way, he wins. As to the shutdown on the 17th, he wins, as his main goal is to destroy America. In the process, he got the Republicans to agree to raise the debt limit and to fund Obamacare. This president is, for all practical purposes, a scam artist who has wasted trillions of dollars on socialized medicine schemes, blatant and corrupt kickbacks to his political donors and failed "green energy" projects.
The United States is BROKE, with 17 trillion in debt, and that figure is rising by the day. We simply cannot afford this rotten administration, which many times has shown itself to be incompetent and irresponsible. They have destroyed everything they have ever touched, including the postal service, and now they dare to take over the 1/6 of the economy represented by health care.
With impunity, they used the shutdown to threaten veterans and those drawing social security, the majority of social security recipients being women. How very low it was to threaten to hold back social security outlays on November 1 - unless, of course, the Republicans caved and agreed to a deal!
The government is now playing games with our money and our lives. They have nothing to lose; however, it is up to us to remind them that the funds in Social Security belong to us, the citizens, and not to the government. This is our hard-earned money, yet they threaten to take it away. Yes, it is time to fight back; and, no matter how incredible it seems, our own government has, in effect, declared war on middle America, that segment of society which pays the bills.
In the den of thieves and liars that now passes as the White House, nary a word was heard about cutting back on the extravagant lifestyle of First Lady Michelle Obama, who employs her own personal staff of 22 assistants at an annual cost of 1.6 million dollars, plus benefits. As for the president's staff of 469, isn't there some room for cost-cutting? And, do we really need 43 persons called "czars" reporting to an American president? And why must the vacations of a chief executive, who is supposedly a champion of the downtrodden, cost this nation more than 15 million dollars?
Why are not drastic cuts considered for the food-stampers, medicaiders and Obamaphoners? Of course not, for such action would spread misery to the core of this president's constituency. Better to keep the bread and circuses going in an effort to expand the base.
We, the people of these United States, must take action. We cannot afford to waste any more time in requesting significant action from our representatives. It is now time for us to demand that this government should abide by the Constitution and the rule of law. Either our "public servants" listen to us, or we fire them. Yes, throw them out of Congress and expose them for the charlatans that they are!
I shall continue to expand on this theme in future postings.
God bless America!
This president is negotiating with our money and our future. Either way, he wins. As to the shutdown on the 17th, he wins, as his main goal is to destroy America. In the process, he got the Republicans to agree to raise the debt limit and to fund Obamacare. This president is, for all practical purposes, a scam artist who has wasted trillions of dollars on socialized medicine schemes, blatant and corrupt kickbacks to his political donors and failed "green energy" projects.
The United States is BROKE, with 17 trillion in debt, and that figure is rising by the day. We simply cannot afford this rotten administration, which many times has shown itself to be incompetent and irresponsible. They have destroyed everything they have ever touched, including the postal service, and now they dare to take over the 1/6 of the economy represented by health care.
With impunity, they used the shutdown to threaten veterans and those drawing social security, the majority of social security recipients being women. How very low it was to threaten to hold back social security outlays on November 1 - unless, of course, the Republicans caved and agreed to a deal!
The government is now playing games with our money and our lives. They have nothing to lose; however, it is up to us to remind them that the funds in Social Security belong to us, the citizens, and not to the government. This is our hard-earned money, yet they threaten to take it away. Yes, it is time to fight back; and, no matter how incredible it seems, our own government has, in effect, declared war on middle America, that segment of society which pays the bills.
In the den of thieves and liars that now passes as the White House, nary a word was heard about cutting back on the extravagant lifestyle of First Lady Michelle Obama, who employs her own personal staff of 22 assistants at an annual cost of 1.6 million dollars, plus benefits. As for the president's staff of 469, isn't there some room for cost-cutting? And, do we really need 43 persons called "czars" reporting to an American president? And why must the vacations of a chief executive, who is supposedly a champion of the downtrodden, cost this nation more than 15 million dollars?
Why are not drastic cuts considered for the food-stampers, medicaiders and Obamaphoners? Of course not, for such action would spread misery to the core of this president's constituency. Better to keep the bread and circuses going in an effort to expand the base.
We, the people of these United States, must take action. We cannot afford to waste any more time in requesting significant action from our representatives. It is now time for us to demand that this government should abide by the Constitution and the rule of law. Either our "public servants" listen to us, or we fire them. Yes, throw them out of Congress and expose them for the charlatans that they are!
I shall continue to expand on this theme in future postings.
God bless America!
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