| AmericaSpeaks held a nationwide townhall on Saturday to listen to what average Americans want when it comes to the complex financial decisions that must be made in light of a "deficit" that government is running.
Susie Madrak reports:
For the first time in a long time, I might have some faith in America. Because no matter how many times the facilitators of this event (which was funded heavily by Pete Peterson, the conservative billionaire who wants to cut Social Security) tried to steer us toward cutting Social Security and Medicare, the 3500 or so people who took part in this national town hall weren't buying it. Sure, there were Fox News junkies here and there, and some cautious, low-information voters who kinda-sorta disagreed, but the majority who attended seemed to have their own ideas about how to solve the deficit "problem."
You know what most of them wanted to do? Soak the rich -- and cut defense spending.
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Why must a 600 billion dollar budget in government be exempt from being cut? Why is the Department of War being held exempt from being cut in light of this dire fiscal crisis that faces the nation ten, twenty, or thirty years from now?
What conservatives are selling is nothing but fear of a nightmare that does not exist. They are selling a fictional fiscal dystopia for the gullible.
Conservative leaders don't care because they are taken care of by their corporate overlords.
Do you think Pete Peterson, CEO of Blackstone, cares if you have to retire at 69 instead of 65; just so the imaginary play money those Wall Street banksters deal with means that government has a "balanced" book?
What Americans want is for government to provide for it's senior citizens to live in dignity and to have Medicare available to all.
Spend more on us and less on the war killing machine. How hard is that to understand? |
