Budget in Blood

I was going to save this for tomorrow, but it feels like an elephant lying on top of me.
Congress is slated to come up with a fresh federal budget come end of September. That’s next month. By then, the “Super Congress Committee” (or whatever they call it) will be well established. Whatever evil has been lurking in the backs of their minds will be all too easy.
Keep in mind: In theory, all the money for Medicare and Social Security is supposedly already fully funded for quite some time, since they’ve been sucking it out of our wallets for quite some years. Yes, I know Bill Clinton had it all shifted over into the general accounts and called it a “budget surplus” that year, leaving only a stack of worthless IOUs in the accounts being held in our names. They have yet to confess they have stolen all our savings, yet they are already talking about cutting payouts under Social Security and Medicare. They have also been rumbling about cutting expenses for military payouts to retired and disabled service members.
I’m hardly the only who figures they’ll try to pull this off. Keep all the funding for Israel and our current wars, most enforcement agencies, and their own expenses, of course, but cut everything else. But I am sensing here they won’t be as slick as they believe they are. Something in my intuition expects them to bumble and fumble through this, needlessly provoking everyone. Then again, maybe it will be on purpose. I think the London riots will look pretty tame compared to what we’ll see here in a matter of weeks.
Given the plans, equipment and personnel are already in place for military suppression of riots here in the US, I’m expecting literal blood in the streets. Lord have mercy; I hope I’m all wrong about this.

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3 Responses to Budget in Blood

  1. Old Jules says:

    Not much chance you’re wrong about Social Security. The riot thing is an open question, seems to me. We’ve gotten old, those of us who depend on SS, and the younger folks aren’t likely to raise an eyebrow no matter what happens in that regard so long as they don’t shut down MacDonalds and WalMart.

    • Ed Hurst says:

      Yes, retirement issues won’t matter to the kids. But if any other dependencies are cut, as I expect they will, it will hit more people. Riots are often a matter of momentum drawing folks with nothing better to do. Enough unemployment and riots are simply more likely for any reason at all.

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