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In reply to the discussion: Vote to cut entitlements? Then I pledge $100 to primary you in the next election. [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)26. Maintenance of the spirit which sees such things as important. Maybe reminding people why
we have it in the first place, and what we get for our investment, how these things prevent us living life like those who used to put their baby's body on a shelf in a cool space until they had enough pennies to bury it.
The opponents are fighting with mere greed as a motivation. That's powerful, but not as powerful as a human with spirit. But the spirit can die if it's not maintained, nourished. Memories and motivations fade if they are not exercised, so I think and we need to be reminded of the costs and value of our freedoms and why we do these things. Not just singing anthems and feeding schoolkids lies about our superiority in the world.
Money isn't the problem, if we have the will, (though I do think reforms that remove excessive profit should be pursued) and I should have made that clear.
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Vote to cut entitlements? Then I pledge $100 to primary you in the next election. [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Dec 2012
OP
We can always count on you and Brentspeak for the dissension. Trying to stir the pot?
Pisces
Dec 2012
#5
Maintenance of the spirit which sees such things as important. Maybe reminding people why
jtuck004
Dec 2012
#26
"Shared sacrifice, my ass." Exactly. Half of the country has been sharing for years...
jtuck004
Dec 2012
#10
As far as I can tell, it's just Dick Durbin mentioning means-testing for Medicare.
SunSeeker
Dec 2012
#12
Thank u for saying WHAT an entitlement is and WHY it is an entitlement. Words have meaning and some
DRoseDARs
Dec 2012
#28
More than two-thirds of Americans are with me on this, including most Republicans
MannyGoldstein
Dec 2012
#40