THIS SENIOR CITIZEN NAILED IT...

I think the feelings and comments of this 63 year old reflect the sentiments of many people!

Alan Simpson, Senator from Wyoming, Co-Chairman of the deficit commission, calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security" to a milk cow with 310 million teats.

Here's a response in a letter from an unknown fellow in Montana...I think he is a little ticked off!! He also tells it like it is!

AUGUST 2010

"Hey, Alan, let's get a few things straight.

1.  As a career politician, you have been on the public dole for FIFTY YEARS!

2.  I have been paying Social Security taxes for 48 years (since I was 15 yrs old, I'm now 63).

3.  My SS payments, and those of millions of other Americans, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for decades until you political pukes decided to raid the account and give OUR money to a bunch of zero ambition losers in return for votes, thus bankrupting the system and turning SS into a Ponzi scheme that would have made Bernie Madoff proud.

4. Recently, just like Lucy and Charlie brown, you and your ilk pulled the proverbial football away from millions of American seniors nearing retirement and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to age 67.  NOW, you and your shill commission is proposing to move the goal posts YET AGAIN!

5.  I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying into Medicare from Day ONE, and now you morons propose to change the rules of the game,  Why? Because you idiots mismanaged other parts of the economy to such and extent that you need to steal money from Medicare to pay the bills.

6.  I, and millions of other Americans have been paying income taxes our entire lives, and now you propose to increase our taxes yet again. Why? Because you incompetent bastards spend our money so profligately that you just kept on spending even after you ran out of money.  Now, you come to the American taxpayers and say you need more to pay off YOUR debt.

To add insult to injury, you label us "greedy" for calling "bullshit" on your incompetence.  Well, Captain Bullshit, I have a question for YOU.

1. How much money have you earned from the American taxpayers during your pathetic 50-year political career?

2.  At what age did you retire from your pathetic political career, and how much are you receiving in annual retirement benefits from the American taxpayers?

3.  How much do you pay for your government provided health insurance?

4.  What cuts in YOUR retirement and healthcare benefits are you proposing in your disgusting deficit reduction proposal, or, as usual, have you exempted yourself and your political cronies?

It is you, Captain Bullshit, and your political co-conspirators called Congress who are the "greedy" ones.  It is you and your fellow nutcases who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream from millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers.  And for what?  Votes.

That's right, sir.  You and yours have bankrupted America for the sole purpose of advancing your pathetic poltical careers . You know it, we know it, and you know we know it.

And you can take that to the bank you miserable son of a bitch.

No one has been able to explain why men and women serve in the U.S. Military for 20 years, risking their lives protecting freedom, and only get 50% of their pay, while politicians hold their political positions in the safe confines of the capital, protected by these same men and women, and receive full pay retirement after serving ONE term.  It just does not make any sense.

On Fox news they learned that the staffers of Congress family members are exempt from having to pay back student loans.  This would get national attention if ALL news networks would broadcast it.  When you add this to the information below, just where will all of it stop?

35 States filed lawsuits against the Federal Government

Governors of 35 states have filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them.  It only takes 38 States to convene a Constitutional Convention.

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This is an idea that we should address:

For too long we have been to complacent about the workings of Congress.  Many citizens had no idea that Members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws.  The latest is to exempt themselves from the Health Care reform...in all of it's forms.  Somehow, that doesn't seem logical.  We do not have an 'elite' that is above the law.  I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever.

The self-serving must stop.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives in Congress; that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."

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Politics-they ain't what they used to be!

Until President Kennedy, I didn't give a damn about politics. After all, I was a high school student who had more important things to think about.... like falling in love every few months, making good grades while working at the A&W and..... falling in love every few months, like wondering if my face would ever grow out to meet the end of what I imagined to be the biggest nose ever bestowed upon any human being. Like the latest fashion to wear, where to go to have fun, who was who, in the world of high school students, like getting permission to attend the Friday night movies or games so that I could find someone to fall in love with every few months.

Then it happened.........John Kennedy came along, charming even a busy high school girl like me. He was wealthy, young, handsome, had a beautiful wife and the Boston accent was sooooo appealing. I would read about him in the newspaper, watch him on television and listen to every word he said as if he were some kind of god who wanted to save the world. Of course, I wasn't sophisticated or educated enough to truly understand the implications of his speeches, but he gave birth to my interest in the political world. Not understanding the stigmas he carried with him, of being a Roman Catholic and "too young", in the opinion of many, I had no doubt in my heart or mind that he would be the next President of these United States of America.

In those days, it was non -stop coverage on Election Day and as soon as I was home from school, I was seated in front of the TV, waiting for the thrill of victory for this charismatic man. And thrilling it was, my only disappointment being that I was too young to cast my own vote for him.
I can't honestly say that politics was at the forefront of my life after this election, but the seed was sewn in me to have an opinion on various issues or candidates. Over the next forty years, I formed a lot of opinions and was never afraid to express them. Living life and getting the education forced upon me by that very living, caused me to change my opinions at times but my belief in this country and pride at being an American kept me interested enough it her political system to lend my hand at stuffing envelopes, making phone calls, or placing campaign signs for various candidates or issues. And, I've never missed my right, and privilege to vote.

Unfortunately, the system has become more and more corrupt and unbelievable with each passing year. We are no longer "One Nation, Under God" ( the "Under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance when I was in grade school) but one nation under the influence of greedy, corrupt, immoral politicians who don't give a damn about his or her constituents, but only his/her "what's in it for me" mentality.

I love this country. All three of my brothers served Her in the Armed Forces. (One resulting in a 100% disability, service related) My oldest brother, now gone, and my baby sister both served terms in the Idaho State House and Senate. It is heartbreaking to see today's so-called "leaders", fighting like high-school girls, trying to win the heart of the football Captain. WHAT ABOUT AMERICA AND HER PEOPLE? Where do we fit in with their name-calling and mud slinging, along with their ass-kissing of foreign nations and global Corporate Giants.

And, what is this African, Mexican, Asian, Hispanic-American bullshit? Let's see.......am I Scotch American or Scotch/English American or Scotch/English/Germain-American? I do have the blood of all three running through my veins and, my kids......add some Swedish and Norwegian. Then there is the Portugese in the Grandkids. Imagine them having to say all of that when asked about their nationality. Ridiculous, huh? I don't give a rat's ass where our roots came from, we are plain and simply Americans. Unless we accept this fact with great pride and patriotism, forgetting this hyphenated crap, Conservative/Liberal crap, Democrat/Republican crap and Left/Right crap, we will not have "One Nation, Under God, Indivisable", we will end up like poor old Humpty, Dumpty and the fall will be so great that we might as well bend over and kiss our butts goodbye.

Remember what John Kennedy said many years ago. "Ask not what your Country can do for you", but ask, "What can I do for my Country?". Let us all demand that we get our Country back by starting in the voting booth, changing the face of Congress and the lifelong careers so many have come to enjoy. Let us start with "fresh" and get rid of the "rot" that is threatening the very freedoms we still enjoy. Let us make the news "good" again by refusing to buy into the sensationalism shoved down our throats by so-called news anchors who are just another version of Jerry Springer journalism.

There are still real Statesmen and Walter Cronkite journalists out there in this country. We CAN make them fashionable again...................but we, the people, have to insist!

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.