Daily Rant – February 28, 2009
February 28, 2009
The problem with the country moving left is the programs are well-intentioned, but seldom work. However, once they are in place it is impossible to get rid of them. Look at Social Security and you get my point. It’s really hard to give the public something, get them comfortable taking the benefits, then try and reform the program. Look at all the turmoil over the Republican’s plan to bring in 401K plans and how seniors were afraid they were going to lose their Social Security benefits.
But now we are having hard times. People have had it so good for so long that they were willing to overlook some issues of government hypocrisy. But today California State representatives were called out by the news about their wasteful trips home and billing taxpayers for them! One woman (unidentified) flew home to go to a Justin Timberlake concert with her daughter and tried to say she was meeting with an energy company. The energy company denied the meeting took place.
Republican Central Committee in Marin County, California, was well attended this month, and I believe we can thank Obama and the Democrats in the House and Senate for that. Nothing like a recession and massive government spending to bring people out with torches and pitchforks! We’ll see if it makes a difference.
- FedUpEditor
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