tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180650607292888241.post7453564224085566506..comments2018-12-21T16:07:21.641-06:00Comments on Spin Free Rambling: Even Conservative Stars Like Paul Ryan Don't Have the Political Courage to Defuse America's Debt BombDose of Sanityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17958862556725762930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180650607292888241.post-90989309466927947132012-03-22T08:30:15.011-05:002012-03-22T08:30:15.011-05:00So, your answer, and apparently the Obama administ...So, your answer, and apparently the Obama administration's, is to continue down the path we are on? We have a glaring example of what that road leads to happening all over Europe right now. Is that really what you and the left want? Is that how important having a European cradle to the grave society is to the left? Its actually worth risking a sovereign debt crises over?<br /><br />I haven't heard one credible economist say that America's current spending/debt trajectory is sustainable. Quit the opposite. As Paul correctly points out, we will never have a balanced budget without cutting government programs. Medicare and Social Security are scheduled to explode of the coming years as the baby boomers hit retirement. Those programs are unsustainable. <br /><br />Tough decisions have to be made. The case has to be made to the American people. Enough pandering and lying.Return to Lockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756144015489755542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180650607292888241.post-15325474973692645562012-03-21T20:49:29.151-05:002012-03-21T20:49:29.151-05:00I certainly don't disagree that we need to &qu...I certainly don't disagree that we need to "cut spending". However, even though people can certainly get behind that idea - no one wants to cut individual programs. <br /><br />Most people like what the government is going if you ask them about specific programs. Try reforming Medicare and Medicaid by popular vote - would never happen.Dose of Sanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17958862556725762930noreply@blogger.com