|
Post by OLKoot on Jun 8, 2009 16:13:17 GMT 12.75
|
|
|
Post by Mars on Jun 9, 2009 6:04:40 GMT 12.75
Hey, we own GM and Chrysler so 750 billion shouldn't be a problem as long as they don't go bankrupt! OOPPS!
They should have a Law that when they get socialised healthcare the politicians will have to be on the same plan.
|
|
|
Post by OLKoot on Jun 9, 2009 9:11:26 GMT 12.75
It just went too 1.2 trillion just this morning and from what I understand, Barney Franks will be dictating the do's and dont's of what they wont pay for.....As a senior citizen now, I know I'll be called part of the "do not recessitate generation", because I'll be last on the list waiting for health care.... ....However, wasnt it Obama that "PROMISED" us the same health care package that he gets as a senator........
|
|
|
Post by Mars on Jun 9, 2009 16:54:38 GMT 12.75
Maybe but since he is no longer a senator that means squat.
|
|
|
Post by Snake Eyes on Jun 10, 2009 0:37:12 GMT 12.75
They should have a Law that when they get socialized health care the politicians will have to be on the same plan. Mars, Now that,my friend, would be a great idea! Honestly I could see that taking place in the House ;D. But those in the Senate (who think of themselves,not answering to anyone) would never stand for it. I once saw a list of perks for US Senators. Most folks could live off the perks and most with a lot less. When was the last time you saw a poor Senator,even before he was elected........That is where the pork comes in.Take a perfectly innocent bill for say health care! There will be pork added that has nothing to do with health care.You vote for my health care bill and we will add on a bridge construction over the great Piddle Pot Creek. So on and so on. The more pork you get for your state the more likely to be re-elected to the Senate. Just my opinion! snake-eyes
|
|
|
Post by OLKoot on Jun 10, 2009 5:46:11 GMT 12.75
Going by that assumption, when a Senator retires or does not get re-elected, doesn't he get full salary and 100% benefits for life?...I could have lived very comfortably on that basis for the rest of my life instead of getting on Medicare and SSD........
|
|
|
Post by Toby Benoit on Jun 11, 2009 11:09:06 GMT 12.75
Exactly right Koot, they get a full pension w/benefits for life! That's why I want to be a politician! They party better than rock stars and all on the public debt! Back on topic.... I visited yesterday my buddy Doyle K, who I ain't seen in six months. He's lost eighty-nine pounds and still dropping; I guess cancer treatments really are the most efficient form of weight loss therapy! He's in pretty bad shape, but tickled to death to be under two hundred pounds for the first time since leaving the Army in '89. Can you believe it? He's got his own mortality staring him in the face and excited about his letterman jacket fitting him again! I'll take fat and feeling good over that any day! He's in my prayers...
|
|
|
Post by Snake Eyes on Jun 11, 2009 23:19:56 GMT 12.75
Exactly right Koot, they get a full pension w/benefits for life! That's why I want to be a politician! They party better than rock stars and all on the public debt!. Toby, Run for office! You got my vote ;D snake-eyes
|
|
|
Post by OLKoot on Jun 12, 2009 4:48:45 GMT 12.75
Run brother, run!! I got your back.....I'll even give your address and file an absentee ballot!! Your kinfolk can verify that I live there, plus, I'll send a full sized picture of me so they know who I am and just hang it in the living room to gaze upon while they"re watching alligator wrastling!!
|
|