Ok, so how’s this for a winning strategy. We kick the can down the road. We dig ourselves deeper and deeper and debt. Obama loses the next election, a Republican gets in, JUST IN TIME for the economy to REALLY collapse.
I am sick to death of this political strategy BS. If we don’t cut now, we’ll have to cut later. So what the heck is the difference? You think it’ll be easy to cut social security then? You think seniors will love it then?
It HAS to happen. Mathematically HAS TO. And the longer we wait, the worse it gets.
Forget the (@&$( strategy and do the right thing.
The political strategy BS as you put it, is the only way out of this hole. Without a legislative majority and a willing president, we can never make the kind of drastic changes to entitlement programs that are needed and reform the baseline budgeting process. I understand your frustration, and you’re right to suggest that the longer we wait, the larger the problem, but until we have the majorities to actually enact change, nothing can happen. The problem can be brought under control relatively rapidly with a growing economy, a freeze on automatic budget increases and changes to the increases in entitlement spending. Add some immediate spending cuts and we can get there. It’s taken decades to create this problem. We can think clearly, stay calm and work hard for the next 459 days to create a majority that can bring real reform.