re: #497 Dark_Falcon

Medicare as we know it will end, that much is certain. It’s rate of growth cannot be sustained. Reform is inevitable, and its conservatives who will have the task of making sure the resulting reforms contain costs. That said, such reforms should be done with an eye of providing as much value as can be obtained. I have intention of throwing people to the wolves, but the program must be greatly altered.

democrats can talk like that too - all you have to do is pretend that you are pronouncing difficult home truths:

the american military as we know it will end, that much is certain. It’s rate of growth cannot be sustained. We can no longer afford multi-billion dollar weapons systems that we never use and often aren’t even requested by the military, and we certainly can’t afford military bases in germany, japan, and even diego garcia in the indian ocean, which we funnel money into year after year with no explanation, accountability, or apparent benefit. i have no intention of throwing the ten million or so military personnell or those employed by military contractors to the wolves - although their jobs are created by the government and paid for by our tax dollars, so they’re not real jobs like those created by the private sector - but our military must be greatly altered