The Controversy In October 2013 Over the Government Shutdown Took On New Dimensions
It was amazing to me to watch the media give cover for the Democrats inability to live within their means, and not come up with a budget for the Federal Government as is required.
The entire debate became one-sided and the media and the Democrats attacked the GOP for supposedly; shutting down the government with extortion tactics.
Not so.
You see, the Democrats knew they were to cut costs and yet instead they accelerated and sprinted to spend all the money up to the debt limit which was pre-agreed upon.
Finally, some Senators helped change the narrative and help people see through the media - by explaining to the American People that the government needed their credit card cut up, because they were spending us into oblivion, and adding ObamaCare on top of that was simply not sustainable.
The AP posted an interesting article in the mainstream media - so much so that MSNBC picked up and replayed it on October 9, 2013 in piece titled; "Food stamp recipients fret as stimulus boost ends," by Rik Stevens.
I suppose this article was published as a scare tactic to riel the public into influencing and writing their congressman or woman to end the government shutdown and vote to raise the debt limit.
Now then, I'd like to talk to you about some other issues with curtailing the Food Stamp - EBT Card Program; 1.
) Restitution by those who gave false information when signing up There should be short jail terms, fines, and then restitution - and all money given if not paid back in one lump sum would be in the way of a loan, requiring payments and like student loan impossible to discharge debt through personal bankruptcy.
Plus, all employers should know that you did this, so they could choose not to hire you because you are a thief.
The debt's interest rate would be the same as you might reasonably get in the free market based on your current credit rating after getting out of jail.
You might think this is too harsh - personally I don't.
2.
) Readjust Food Stamps Program Based on BMI (Body Max Index) If an individual is getting food stamps legitimately, but this food is making them fat, then we need to lower their consumption by way of reducing intake.
Some may say this is inhumane, I don't see it that way.
In fact, I see how we are causing health issues such as Diabetes, and if people who cannot afford food are getting Diabetes due to over eating it is our Government's responsibility to ensure that the future cost of the Diabetes Medicine is eliminated, or the chance of such greatly reduced.
What we seem to have is a Democrat-Socialist attempt to get the people to agree to keep spending, meanwhile all this taxpayer money going to the food industry is making their wallets fat with campaign contributions and making people weak and reliant on the government thus, also guaranteeing future votes.
We have a problem, and the GOP is right - the socialists if we let them will run our treasury into the ground, actually they already have, and now they are spending against our future - using, get this, our credit card.
If your teenage kids did that, wouldn't you cancel that credit card? That's the real debate here, all the rest a dog and pony show of political rhetoric.
Please consider all this and think on it.
The entire debate became one-sided and the media and the Democrats attacked the GOP for supposedly; shutting down the government with extortion tactics.
Not so.
You see, the Democrats knew they were to cut costs and yet instead they accelerated and sprinted to spend all the money up to the debt limit which was pre-agreed upon.
Finally, some Senators helped change the narrative and help people see through the media - by explaining to the American People that the government needed their credit card cut up, because they were spending us into oblivion, and adding ObamaCare on top of that was simply not sustainable.
The AP posted an interesting article in the mainstream media - so much so that MSNBC picked up and replayed it on October 9, 2013 in piece titled; "Food stamp recipients fret as stimulus boost ends," by Rik Stevens.
I suppose this article was published as a scare tactic to riel the public into influencing and writing their congressman or woman to end the government shutdown and vote to raise the debt limit.
Now then, I'd like to talk to you about some other issues with curtailing the Food Stamp - EBT Card Program; 1.
) Restitution by those who gave false information when signing up There should be short jail terms, fines, and then restitution - and all money given if not paid back in one lump sum would be in the way of a loan, requiring payments and like student loan impossible to discharge debt through personal bankruptcy.
Plus, all employers should know that you did this, so they could choose not to hire you because you are a thief.
The debt's interest rate would be the same as you might reasonably get in the free market based on your current credit rating after getting out of jail.
You might think this is too harsh - personally I don't.
2.
) Readjust Food Stamps Program Based on BMI (Body Max Index) If an individual is getting food stamps legitimately, but this food is making them fat, then we need to lower their consumption by way of reducing intake.
Some may say this is inhumane, I don't see it that way.
In fact, I see how we are causing health issues such as Diabetes, and if people who cannot afford food are getting Diabetes due to over eating it is our Government's responsibility to ensure that the future cost of the Diabetes Medicine is eliminated, or the chance of such greatly reduced.
What we seem to have is a Democrat-Socialist attempt to get the people to agree to keep spending, meanwhile all this taxpayer money going to the food industry is making their wallets fat with campaign contributions and making people weak and reliant on the government thus, also guaranteeing future votes.
We have a problem, and the GOP is right - the socialists if we let them will run our treasury into the ground, actually they already have, and now they are spending against our future - using, get this, our credit card.
If your teenage kids did that, wouldn't you cancel that credit card? That's the real debate here, all the rest a dog and pony show of political rhetoric.
Please consider all this and think on it.
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