Socialism doesn’t work. But nobody thinks about that as the concoct their grandiose plans to “Take care of us from cradle to grave.” Look at just ONE program: Medicare. The amount of “pay-in” is just about ONE-THIRD of the “payout.” That means the American people only pay in ONE-THIRD of the amount the government pays out. And that’s just ONE program. What about Social Security itself? How abut the new medicine program that is so ill-designed that people who have no money wind up “in a donut hole” when they use up a certain amount of it. None of these “programs” will work, and they COULD have “run the numbers” when they started them. But they didn’t. They figured, “Americans will come up with the money.” They will not. They CAN not. This is the kind of incompetence we see continually in our government.
The same kind we have seen for years in Europe, where they’re now seeing RIOTS from people who have come to consider this kind of “largesse” as “their due.” They’re finding out in Europe that they just can’t afford to give so much of other people’s money away and are cutting back. Meanwhile our incompetent politicians are imitating that which has created so much trouble for them. Word is that Medicare itself will go broke by 2018. I could live that long! And lose my Medicare at the worst possible time in my life. I hope I don’t live that long. Some people say Social Security will go broke in 25 years. Others say that’s bullsh-t. That Congress planned for the “baby boomer” effect. The fact that they didn’t know anything about the “baby boomers doesn’t seem to matter to those with their “rose-colored glasses” on. (Washington Post)
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Talk about incompetence! Look what Obama has done NOW!!!
"Fox News:
Opinion
MICHAEL GOODWIN: Obama Strikes a Deal With the Devil as Mideast Meltdown Continues
By Michael Goodwin
Published February 10, 2011
And so quietly, almost off-handedly, the Rubicon has been crossed. The United States of America, whose blood and treasure have been spilled fighting terrorism, is jumping into bed with radical Islamists.
By approving a role for the Muslim Brotherhood in a new Egyptian government, the White House is taking its engagement policy to a dangerous level. American taxpayer dollars will now help sustain the oldest Islamist group, one that helped launch Osama bin Laden on his murderous quest.
Perhaps this day was inevitable for an administration that refuses to say "Islamic terrorists," and claims "jihad" can be a good thing and Hezbollah has "moderate" elements.
But it is hardly inevitable that the Kumbaya approach will bring peace to the Middle East. More likely, it will be seen as Western weakness and beget even more violence against America and our allies.
The decision applies to Egypt, but it won't stay in Egypt. Nearly every Arab government is fighting radical groups that aim to eliminate our presence, Israel and Western-friendly leaders. Imagine what those leaders think about our willingness to endorse the Muslim Brotherhood, which helped spawn Hamas and similar groups.
We have pulled the rug out from under our allies. They have staked their lives and countries on our commitment to battle terrorists, and now we appear ready to make a deal that will put pressure on them to do the same.
Yes, I know, the Muslim Brotherhood insists it is no longer a radical group and doesn't advocate violence. But what they say is not always what they do. Days after a leader of the group said Egyptians "should be prepared for war against Israel" and urged the country to stop sending natural gas to Israel, attackers blew up a gas pipeline to Jordan. The one to Israel immediately was shut down.
Not exactly the start of a beautiful relationship. But perfectly predictable.
Michael Goodwin is a New York Post columnist and Fox News contributor."
We SERIOUSLY need to get obama OUT of the White House!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anon: Are you surprised? Everything Obama has DONE has helped the Islamics. Every PURPOSELY incompetent action is to advance socialism under Sharia Law as soon as possible. Obama LIVED under Sharia Law for many years before he came to the United States and PRETENDED to become a Christian to "fit in" in a Christian country. Actually, the fact that he is not under a DEATH sentence from the Islamics tells me a lot about him and their opinion of him. He's going to GIVE this country TO them and the "powers that be" can't see it.
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