re: #175 engineer dog

there is no magic solution that will balance the budget and fix medicare. democrats have long been working on doing what they can to keep costs under control in practical ways, and nearly had it under control in the late 90s - until the bush administration and the republican congress decided that it was wise to give away trillions of dollars to the pharmeceutical industry, tax payers making over half a mil a year, and to engage in a trillion dollars worth of invasions without finding ways to fund them

so don’t go laughing at practical people who have been working hard at practical solutions only to have republicans constantly throw obstacles under their feet

It’s as if the plan all along was to fuck it up enough so that someone can come along and privatize it thereby throwing seniors out on their asses.