Our United States
current Democratic Party administration of President Barack Obama and Vice
President Joe Biden learned with the rest of our citizenry last week who their
primary opposition’s vice presidential candidate would be.
Given that this man has been a very visible U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, actively
involved in offering very controversial budget proposals in the past year or
more, I am constantly amazed when I keep hearing news reports that many in the
general population have never heard of him.
I find this more than just troubling, since I am always interested in
knowing what government leaders are doing, or not doing,
on my behalf.
When I think of
what this nation,
people in every little town and on every farm have endured during the days of
Wall Street and the banking world’s upheaval – the challenges we continue to
face – how could people not be aware of or concerned about individuals such as
him who are potentially instrumental in formulating plans they claim are needed
to extricate us from this maze?
During the approximately 11 weeks remaining until our November election, we
have the opportunity to thoroughly acquaint ourselves and others with as much as
we can learn about these candidates, their beliefs, past actions, and plans
that will significantly affect our lives and that of our children,
grandchildren, future generations.
A most succinct fact presentation of pertinent issues with information about
these
candidates has been provided at
Ronni Bennett’s “Time Goes By” yesterday and the previous day (8/14 and 13.)
Whatever ones views about how to resolve our nation’s budget crisis, or if
one has no view yet, I strongly urge you to read and give serious consideration
to the facts she presents about Social Security solvency, Medicare’s and
Medicaid’s healthcare dismantling.
The
radical surgery proposed for these programs may not only be unnecessary but if
done, and this was a true medical procedure, could be considered
malpractice.
Following is a slightly edited comment I was motivated to leave at TGB on
those subjects.
There can be little doubt about the goals of Republican Party
Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, now that
he’s selected Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential running mate I concluded
independently before reading here (TGB
.)
[Romney has since been trying to distance
himself from Ryan’s positions to keep from losing support.]
Clearly the 2 rr’s (Romney and Ryan) every effort is directed toward
channeling citizen monies to those wonderful financiers on Wall St. who did so much to bring us the
Great Recession. The financiers and bankers are doing fine, but the same cannot be said for too many
Americans.
I think it's incredibly naive to think this nation would have recovered much
better under an administration run by the 2 rr's, or would now with what they
propose.
I agree with an approach of gradually reducing this nation's debt and not at
the wholesale expense of
reducing/eliminating support for those whose
life experiences have necessitated their needing assistance as the 2 rr's budget would impose.
.
I believe there is value in offering individuals a hand up to get back on
their feet when circumstances have created such a need. After reading one
comment,
[possibly from a troll] I do
have to wonder why anyone would assume their children and grandchildren would
sit around and not work just because assistance was available to others in need?
I, too, recall family members stories that old folks feared going to the
poor house before the creation of Social Security as a safety net.
They
knew of those who despite
lives of hard
work, had unexpected health, accident, or business upsets that destroyed their
financial base leaving them destitute.
I know of individuals who suffered such life setbacks. They would likely have ended in a poor house
had it not been for the safety net of social security and/or disability with Medicaid
insurance coverage. Incredibly to me was
that they continued to support the political
party and candidates who were the very ones persistently trying to undermine those safety net programs. Those beneficiaries were intelligent reasonable people in
other ways, though locked into their ideology, but were blind to life's realities -- their own reality, right in front of
them.
Were they living today they would probably vote for the 2 rr's
who I think of as capable of readin' and 'riting but lacking a 3rd R in
'rithmetics higher functions -- those that combine mathematical complexities
with practical reasoning through rational thought.
I see nothing that the 2 rr's propose that hastens the creation of jobs and
begins to return to prosperity a decimated middle class in this nation.
I believe the 2 rr’s will try to privatize portions of Social Security
-- this would be a disaster as we should have
learned from the recent financial markets collapse.
I do see the 2 rr’s power play $$$ grab to consolidate control of our
government into the hands of the uppermost
% of the wealthiest citizens and corporations – however unintentionally,
or intentionally.
We must ask ourselves if this is the American Dream we want to leave our
children, grandchildren and future generations?
