Reply #211: It didn't need changing. And why are these programs even part [View All]

[sabrina 1]

of the debt/deficit discussion in the first place? They did not create it, cause it, contribute to it, and this should be made clear by a Democratic President to the public.

We the people own that fund. The corruption on Wall St. has helped create the debt, and we the people are among the creditors. Why are we being treated as if we were the cause of the Fed. Govt's problems??

Did the president speak about the actual causes of the economic crisis we are experiencing? Did he talk about investigations, as recommended after the completion of the two year study done by Sen. Levin's bi-partisan Committee to find out who is responsible for what they called, criminal activity and corruption, or to find out where our money went??

Why is he tying SS to these crimes in any way? Why is he not insisting that the debt to SS must be paid, and must be paid by those who borrowed it, NOT by those who paid into it? Just like the debts to the Fed. Govt's other creditors?

I am sick of hearing SS/Medicare and medicaid being mentioned every time the Economic crisis is brought up. And I have no doubt anymore, that this is what Naomi Klein meant by shock and awe. A crisis being used to do things the public would never accept under normal circumstances. And it is shameful that Democrats would even think of participating in it rather than refuse to even mention SS other than as a creditor of the Fed. Govt. No amount of excuses can change these facts.