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Walk away

(9,494 posts) Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:56 PM Nov 2012

Boehner just whining about cutting the "Drivers" of our debt.

If you haven't heard, it's no longer "Entitlements" we need to cut, it's "The Drivers of our debt" They will never have the guts to say it's Medicare and Social Security and the Main Stream Media never ask them the question. What Entitlements???? What Drivers????

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Boehner just whining about cutting the "Drivers" of our debt. (Original Post) Walk away Nov 2012 OP

I think the biggest driver of our debt is the military adventure in the middle east, ya know? peacebird Nov 2012 #1

There it is in a nutshell MineralMan Nov 2012 #2

I agree. Andy823 Nov 2012 #3

peacebird

(14,195 posts)

1. I think the biggest driver of our debt is the military adventure in the middle east, ya know?

Reply to Walk away (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:58 PM

Nov 2012

The decade of war bushco stuck on the national credit card....

MineralMan

(146,318 posts)

2. There it is in a nutshell

Reply to peacebird (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 02:01 PM

Nov 2012

Andy823

(11,495 posts)

3. I agree.

Reply to peacebird (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:13 PM

Nov 2012

Add in oil tax breaks and subsidies, along with corporate farm subsidies, all kinds of "corporate" welfare and how about all the extras congress gets, lets take them away also. So why don't we tackle those "drivers of our debt" first and see how much we can save there Mr. Boehner?

I am also sure we can find a whole lot of other "debt" drivers besides SS, medicare, vets benefits, and cuts to programs that help the poor.

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