Free lunch in America went the way of the nickel beer, unless of cause your a congress person senator or some other elected official.
Some others pay for your campaign, (There are exceptions to this rule). Oh but then you become there slave. And I was under the impression that Lincoln Freed the slaves.
Now I've been told that there's free lunch in our schools, what isn't told that the only way one can get the lunch is being poor, and your parents, parent or guardian has to prove it Now I've also been told that in order to prove your poor one has to jump through hoops like a circus dog.
Now my peeps (people) the old codgers of America(or at least some) believe that there's a free lunch called Social Security.I( I'm being nasty) At least the Tea Party People in the Bronx believe that you can't raise taxes even FICA to cover the cost of medicare (Instead of taking from the general fund were the people they helped put in office are screaming were going bankrupt and we can't raise taxes) Lets pay the doctors more so they don't leave the program but lets not raise taxes to pay them. Now that can be considered a free lunch.
Now the Social Security Trust fund ( The retirement part, not the disability part) is good till 2033 so the actuaries tell us. Now in order to pay the special bonds for the social security trust fund money has to be found from some were. Now there are many people who believe that there is a magic money tree, I say just do away with the cap on the social security part of FICA and not worry were the money to pay the bonds will come from.
* My understanding is the disability part of social security is about to run in the red and those who can do something about it have got their head in the sand.
**To pay what is owed the social security trust the money with out new tax revenue the bond money will have to come from other programs, perhaps food stamps, senior citizen centers, medicaid, HUD?
Ever once in a while I like to ramble and this being one of those time.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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