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	Name:	MrHodja -
	Subject:	Suppose for Just a Minute That>>
	Date:	8/8/2011 10:04:26 PM

You have a point there. I was utterly dismayed when Newt and his gang took over, then promptly started spending like there was no tomorrow.

The only way a one party congress and president would work would be if they all had Tea Party motivations...put some common sense into Government...it could well be that Herman Cain's time has come. No nonsense, no political Bovine Shinola, just do what makes business sense.

As to Social Security, raising the age of eligibility a year or two could make a huge difference. Many SS eligible people like me are still working and plan to do so for at least several more years. I think it was Hound that said "well, not everyone is as fortunate as you to be able to work and have a job". That is true, so if hardship can be shown, let them go ahead and start. But right now I could - if I wanted - start drawing Social Security, but I don't need to. Make Social Security eligibility under, say 70 years, needs-based.

Medicare is another entitlement that should be looked at. Although I have health insurance coverage through my company, I am still eligible for Medicare Part B. Maybe I shouldn't be.

Finally, a good deal could be saved if the Government would expect more of its citizens...right now it seems the Government promotes eligibility to Government programs. Maybe the attitude should be changed so that requests for assistance are met with a jaundiced eye...for instance that requests for SSI "crazy checks" must meet a higher standard instead of a teenage daughter who urinates all over herself when her mother tells the case worker that the daughter pees uncontrollably.

End of ramble....