I guess that as long as he is just talking and not acting when he "bypasses" congress, this is fine. I'm just not sure how much good some more talking will do.
I'm certainly not going to defend congress, they've failed at their job of managing the country's finances. I don't expect that a new group would do much better. The fundamental problem is that people like getting services from the government and don't like paying for them, all our representatives have done is to give the voters what they want. Medicare costs are one of the biggest drivers of future deficits, an incumbant who suggested ways to slow spending was depicted throwing wheelchair-bound seniors off a cliff and fired.
Suppose the problem is the voters? Is the president brave enough to say that we need to pay more and get less? He is the most effective fund raiser in history, is he taking on the money that is corrupting the system? Is he willing to say that people who make less than $250,000 per year will need to pay more taxes as well? Half of the households in the US don't pay any income taxes, will he change that?
If not, this would look a lot more like fingerpointing than an effort to fix our government's problems... and fingerpointing is something we already have enough of.
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Date: 11/8/11 02:55 (UTC)I'm certainly not going to defend congress, they've failed at their job of managing the country's finances. I don't expect that a new group would do much better. The fundamental problem is that people like getting services from the government and don't like paying for them, all our representatives have done is to give the voters what they want. Medicare costs are one of the biggest drivers of future deficits, an incumbant who suggested ways to slow spending was depicted throwing wheelchair-bound seniors off a cliff and fired.
Suppose the problem is the voters? Is the president brave enough to say that we need to pay more and get less? He is the most effective fund raiser in history, is he taking on the money that is corrupting the system? Is he willing to say that people who make less than $250,000 per year will need to pay more taxes as well? Half of the households in the US don't pay any income taxes, will he change that?
If not, this would look a lot more like fingerpointing than an effort to fix our government's problems... and fingerpointing is something we already have enough of.