tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3187850955381278316..comments2024-03-28T18:32:43.699-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: US government spending and the deficit - how will it end?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41597298294837260722012-02-26T15:16:14.100-06:002012-02-26T15:16:14.100-06:00I agree with Greybeard and Shrimp. "How will ...I agree with Greybeard and Shrimp. "How will it end?" Badly.Seceshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-38181415853638095222012-02-26T11:59:11.954-06:002012-02-26T11:59:11.954-06:00I totally agree with Graybeard. There are too man...I totally agree with Graybeard. There are too many people who have put "all in" are now entirely dependent upon SS and Medicare/Medicaid plus any life savings that they may have happened to actually save. They were lied to decades ago and told that SS would be there for them, and in some cases actually encouraged not to bother saving, since they could rely on SS to be there.<br /><br />Then there were those of us who knew that SS would never be there for us, and have planned to either work until we are dead, or made alternate plans with what little money we could save.<br /><br />Either way, it comes screeching to a halt. It has to. The free lunch (on someone else's dime) has to run out and when it does, blood will be shed. I just don't see how that can be avoided, as much as I wish it were so. The only question is whose blood gets shed, and how much.Shrimpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8713086357812767462012-02-26T11:03:01.159-06:002012-02-26T11:03:01.159-06:00I'm afraid that I can't be as sanguine abo...I'm afraid that I can't be as sanguine about this as David Walker. I don't see how this doesn't end without blood in the streets and pain like our nation has never seen. This is too long to get into here, but tell me where you see a large national cry to cut spending and benefits? For every one of us who says we know we've been lied to and that money we've been promised won't be there, I see hundreds saying "that's my money I paid in taxes!" and are ready to riot.<br /><br />Just telling the Free Sh*t Army that their benefits are going to be frozen, let alone cut, and they scream like you put their legs in a wood chipper. <br /><br />No politicians have the guts to do what's necessary. Look how well the "Super Committee" worked.<br /><br />I just can't see how this ends well.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.com