Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  jccohoon#304849
writes:  My point exactly. Everyone thinks his or her
pay/retirement,healthcare is sacrosanct. I've worked thirty
years and in a couple of years I will begin collecting the
social security I was promised. You think you're special because
you served the country, but you got paid and nobody forced you
to serve. Part of the pain of spending cuts is that they SHOULD
be distributed evenly, to everyone, even you. Or, you should get
what you believe you've earned (and I believe you've earned as
well, by the way) and Congress should come up with a budget that
makes cuts wisely. President Obama has put forth a balanced
budget plan that seeks cuts and increased revenues but Congress
can not agree to his proposals. So, that puts the ball in their
court. The trouble is that the Tea Party extremists in the House
won't agree to ANYthing the president proposes, nor will Senate
Republicans. Remember, their number one priority was to make
sure Obama was a one-term pre