"The Fiscal Wake Up Tour"

[bamacre]

Warning: 90 Minutes of bad news...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-uVw7iXDAk

Seeing how this is an election year, and looking at the two main candidates, it seems to me that the American people either are ignorant of the coming fiscal problems, or have the "don't care, hope it goes away" attitude.

Obviously, the "Fiscal Wake Up Tour," as well as the coming movie, IOUSA, are trying to address the ignorance, bringing to attention the problems we are about to face.

But if we as a people cannot overcome the later, the "hope it goes away" attitude, can we actually solve this problem? The Republicans are looking for monsters overseas, and the Democrats, well, are looking for the monsters in the Republican party. Neither party seems to be addressing this issue, much less doing anything about it. In fact, both parties are moving in a direction that would likely make the problem even worse. With Barr polling at only 6%, he doesn't have a shot in hell.

After the election, perhaps, and that's a big "perhaps," the issue will get some attention from the new president. While we can bicker about which one will win, or which one would be more likely to take on this problem, I must say, I don't see either one doing anything at all. Unfortunately, that doesn't leave us in a very good situation. In fact, if nothing is done over the next 4 or even 8 years, the problem gets exponentially worse.

 

[HannibalX]

Great video. I watched it a few weeks back. People need to be educated about our fiscal problem. It's not as simple as democrat or republican, in fact, both those parties are largely ignoring our real problem.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
Great video. I watched it a few weeks back. People need to be educated about our fiscal problem. It's not as simple as democrat or republican, in fact, both those parties are largely ignoring our real problem.

Yup, as shown here with a lack of replies.

 

[Slew Foot]

But but but... we can solve all our problems with Hope!

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
But but but... we can solve all our problems with Hope!

and another tax cut!

 

[sierrita]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
But but but... we can solve all our problems with Hope!

and another tax cut!

And drill Here and Now!

 

[bamacre]

If we want to keep SS and Medicare, then they both need to be completely overhauled.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
Great video. I watched it a few weeks back. People need to be educated about our fiscal problem. It's not as simple as democrat or republican, in fact, both those parties are largely ignoring our real problem.

Sorry, Republicans made the problem, that fact is simple.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
Great video. I watched it a few weeks back. People need to be educated about our fiscal problem. It's not as simple as democrat or republican, in fact, both those parties are largely ignoring our real problem.

Sorry, Republicans made the problem, that fact is simple.

:roll:

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
Great video. I watched it a few weeks back. People need to be educated about our fiscal problem. It's not as simple as democrat or republican, in fact, both those parties are largely ignoring our real problem.

Sorry, Republicans made the problem, that fact is simple.

:roll:

Do you have any proof they aren't?

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
Great video. I watched it a few weeks back. People need to be educated about our fiscal problem. It's not as simple as democrat or republican, in fact, both those parties are largely ignoring our real problem.

Sorry, Republicans made the problem, that fact is simple.

:roll:

Do you have any proof they aren't?

The Republicans are just as much to blame as the Democrats. Of course a partisan hack like yourself would love to find blame in one party and ignore the faults within the other.

This is the kind of mentality that has allowed this problem to get worse. Party over principle.

Of course, it is easy for even the simple-minded like yourself to see the faults of the "other" party. If this problem is to be solved, people will need to be able to find fault with their own party as well.

And if we keep this Dave-like mentality, where everyone wants to simply point the finger at everyone else rather than actually try to resolve the situation, then the country goes bankrupt.

We need to drop the "Party over Principle" attitude, pull the wool from over our heads, and see the reality of it being the people versus government.

It is only a myth that we have been led to believe, that one party is shelter from the other. One party is not oversight of the other. It is the people who need to oversee the government. The enemy is always the state, and the state has us divided.