Zander
Platinum Member
Exactly. We need have to have an adult conversation about the very real problems we face. Obama seems to think that promising more goodies and treats will work again. Maybe it will....either way we need to get serious about the debt, entitlements, and our economy.why in the world would he pick ryan when there was such an uproar about him privatizing medicare with a voucher system?
sometimes I wonder if the republicans are purposely trying to lose? Are they afraid of the economic mess and don't want to get the same beating that they have given obama for it?
talk about being out of touch with Americans!
Because entitlements ARE unsustainable in their current form. They eat up two-thirds of the budget (that is, when we had a budget ), and unless they're saved through reforms, they won't be there at all.
Politically, the Ryan pick redirects the national debate back to the issues and neatly puts Obama off his class warfare message. His plan was to make this election about Bain Capital and make Romney out as an out-of-touch Wall Street guy. Overnight, Romney became the REFORM candidate, a man who does have a plan and a budget and thus illustrates that Obama has none.
It's a tough slog, admittedly. Democrats will do their best to frighten seniors for political gain. But tough as it is, this is a conversation we NEED to have. These programs won't be there at all if nothing is done to save them, and already we have a problem with Medicare patients being limited and even turned away.