If the poor wouldn't reject following the best practices of "the rich," we wouldn't have so many poor. But for that, would take them to accept personal responsibility which for far too many is never an option. The cocoon of victimhood and handouts is the easy way out, with those ready to exploit them eager to take over their lives.

Again, the biggest issue we have today is unsustainable federal spending. Until we have the strength to face it, it will be the greatest threat to our existence as a country.

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(08-02-2018, 08:48 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(08-02-2018, 08:28 AM)copycat Wrote: The question should be why isn't congress discussing spending cuts.  All things being equal and all.

I think it's because not enough of the Republicans sincerely care about the deficit.  Even if 90% of them wanted to cut spending, it wouldn't be enough to get to a majority vote in congress.  And at this time no Democrats want to cut spending. 100% of Republicans were willing to pretend to care about the deficit while it was time to complain about Obama, and now a significant number of those (unfortunately we don't know which one) are hypocrites.  Paul Ryan is probably one of the hypocrites.

If you could see the forest for the trees, you'd see that the left has dragged this country so far left - they have brought most of the so-called "Republicans" with them.  They're both cut from the same cloth.

There aren't enough folks from EITHER PARTY that care about spending any longer.

Why?

Spending has been weaponized for votes.  It's clear as day for those taking an objective look.  You yourself see it but are drawing flawed conclusions, seeking confirmation bias to a conclusion you drew before seeking the evidence.

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