Island Dog


Poor" people in this country are mostly so because of their own ignorance, stupidity, or downright laziness. THAT IS A LIE!!!!!!!!


Why do you have to be so dramatic? This country is not in any "danger" NO DANGER LOOK AT THIS AND TELL ME THERE IS NO DANGER:

"I would argue that the most serious threat to the United States is not someone hiding in a cave in Afghanistan or Pakistan but our own fiscal irresponsibility," Walker tells Kroft.

David Walker is a prudent man and a highly respected public official. As comptroller general of the United States he runs he Government Accountability Office, the GAO, which audits the government's books and serves as the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress. He has more than 3,000 employees, a budget of a half a billion dollars, and a message he considers urgent.

The fact is, is that we don't face an immediate crisis. And, so people say, 'What's the problem?' The answer is, we suffer from a fiscal cancer. It is growing within us. And if we do not treat it, it could have catastrophic consequences for our country," Walker replies.


The problem with Medicare, Walker says, is people keep living longer, and medical costs keep rising at twice the rate of inflation. But instead of dealing with the problem, he says, the president and the Congress made things much worse just three years ago when they expanded the Medicare program to include prescription drug coverage. "The prescription drug bill was probably the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation since the 1960s," Walker argues.




Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke validated much of Walker's take on the situation at congressional hearings this year, and so did ranking Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee. Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota is the Chairman.

LOL.  No lie about it.  Take a trip to your local welfare office and ask the people why they don't work.  Tell me the answers they give you.

You are making the arguement that the government should help someone because they work at wal-mart, and you still want to complain about budgets.  LMAO!!!!






There is no danger, and typing in caps and bold doesn't make any difference.

You are a typical liberal who likes to use scare tactics to make your point.  The next depression is not coming, and your life will generally not be too affected by the rhetoric you constantly post, but you keep using the same DNC rhetoric that the country is being "destroyed", or we are all in "danger".  It's total BS and you know.

Island Dog


YOU LIVE IN A DREAM WORLD! The GAO has NOTHING to due with the DNC. You are a Republican HACK! You, Bush and Cheney live in a state of denial.

Island Dog YOU LIVE IN A DREAM WORLD! The GAO has NOTHING to due with the DNC. You are a Republican HACK! You, Bush and Cheney live in a state of denial.

And YOU are a democratic hack!

ID didn't claim the DNC had anything to do with the GAO! So now, "who's" living in a dream world?

LOL.

Col, I never said the economy was perfect, but it's not the gloom and doom situation you make it either.  We are not in "danger" and the country isn't being "destroyed".  This is the type of emotional rhetoric that is just plain ridiculous.

IslandDog

"but you keep using the same DNC rhetoric that the country is being "destroyed", or we are all in "danger". It's total BS and you know. " This is what The head of the GAO who is the Comptroller General is saying. Here are some of his statements:

"I would argue that the most serious threat to the United States is not someone hiding in a cave in Afghanistan or Pakistan but our own fiscal irresponsibility," Walker tells Kroft.
David Walker is a prudent man and a highly respected public official. As comptroller general of the United States he runs he Government Accountability Office, the GAO, which audits the government's books and serves as the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress. He has more than 3,000 employees, a budget of a half a billion dollars, and a message he considers urgent.

The fact is, is that we don't face an immediate crisis. And, so people say, 'What's the problem?' The answer is, we suffer from a fiscal cancer. It is growing within us. And if we do not treat it, it could have catastrophic consequences for our country," Walker replies.

The problem with Medicare, Walker says, is people keep living longer, and medical costs keep rising at twice the rate of inflation. But instead of dealing with the problem, he says, the president and the Congress made things much worse just three years ago when they expanded the Medicare program to include prescription drug coverage. "The prescription drug bill was probably the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation since the 1960s," Walker argues.

You are one of the people who wants to ignore the treality that Mr. Warker is talkibg about. Here is Mr. Walker's statement in 2004 before Bush added another Trillion Dollars to the National Debt: There is a crisis, and it's George W. Bush's misplaced priorities, fiscal mismanagement, expensive wars, and tax cuts for the rich. Bush will talk tomorrow night about how he's on track to halve the deficit - but it's lies, smoke and mirrors. Since Bush said he would halve the debt it was $554 Billion in 2005 and $574 Billion in 2006. So far in 2007 it is running even higher then in 2006. HOW is that cutting the debt in half? Just like Mr. Walker said, "SMOKE AND MIRRORS"

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke validated much of Walker's take on the situation at congressional hearings this year, and so did ranking Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee. Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota is the Chairman.

As usual you don't address what I posted and cut and paste your usual nonsense over and over.  Amazing.

IslandDog

This is what you posted:

Col, I never said the economy was perfect, but it's not the gloom and doom situation you make it either. We are not in "danger" and the country isn't being "destroyed". This is the type of emotional rhetoric that is just plain ridiculous.

I have shown that the Comptroller General is saying there IS A DANGER that you refuse to acknowledge. It is far more then the economy is not perfect as Mr. Walker clearly said. LOOK at his comments:

There is a crisis, and it's George W. Bush's misplaced priorities, fiscal mismanagement, expensive wars, and tax cuts for the rich. Bush will talk tomorrow night about how he's on track to halve the deficit - but it's lies, smoke and mirrors

We have constantly shown the good things the economy has done, and you have refused to acknowledge them, so trying to make a point here is useless with you. 

I am not asking you to agree with me, Gene.

I am asking you whether you are stating that my disagreement with you stems from a personal sense of greed as opposed to having a set of principles that doesn't align with yours.

You have nearly outright claimed that my disagreement with your position is because I'm "GREEDY!!!" and I will not tolerate someone using my property to attack my character.  In all these discussions, I haven't claimed your views are because you're a bad person. I think you are incredibly misguided and ignorant (just as you may feel the same way about me) but I do not lay claim to knowing your heart.