Reply #15: entitlements will have to be brought into the discussion [View All]

[AlbertCat]

And so will cutting defense. The Pentagon is just a welfare project for government contracts. And it's way huge and out of proportion to what we need to be protecting ourselves from.

Like post 1 says.... ending the wars would be very helpful. One way to do that is to act like we are indeed at war. No tax cuts for anybody and rationing (even if symbolic) and daily news and casualty reports (instead of "news of the future... will so-and-so run in 2012?"). Then the general public is in on the sacrifice and the fight and they will "feel" the war whether they have friends and relatives in it or not. They'll want it stopped sooner than later.

Right now, as the article reads, they just want to have their cake and eat it too. I'm glad people think Wall Street and the uber-wealthy should pay their share, but that alone won't be enough. Defense MUST be looked at and minimum Corporate taxes and even taxing religiously owned businesses should be on the table before SS and Medicare. Taxes is how the Gov gets money.