Comments on: GWU COLLEGE REPUBLICANS: Stop the Entitlements

By: Om

Om — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:59:26 +0000

“If significant reforms are not undertaken, benefits under entitlement programs will exceed government income by over $40 trillion over the next 75 year” That is from wikipedia which I trust with my life. Maybe not 60 trillion but still a pretty big number. We either have to raise taxes, cut spending, or do some of both. This is not a political opinion, but a fact.

By: Dan R

Dan R — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:39:01 +0000

Tim, where the hell does the number $60 trillion come from?

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:17:21 +0000

“Have you ever thought that maybe there are ways to save the federal budget besides cutting entitlement spending . . . such as the bloated defense budget? And does it not matter that health care reform will actually /decrease/ the structural deficit?”

Defense budget is a couple hundred billion. We have $60 trillion in unfunded liabilities. Even if we could and did eliminate the military entirely, we wouldn’t even have a significant fraction of the money we’ve already promised to people as entitlements.

“What you call entitlement spending, I call a right (health care). What you call un-American I call civil and decent.”

Entitlement spending is not a politically charged term. Anytime the government promises to pay you in the future, that is an entitlement.

You might call it “civil and decent,” and the majority might agree with you, but if we can’t pay for it, it doesn’t matter if it’s your “right” or not–you’ll get nothing.

This government is bankrupt.

By: Cynthia Meyer

Cynthia Meyer — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:07:02 +0000

Luke,

A right? Health care is a right that the government must provide for us? No where in the Constitution does is say that health care must be provided by the government.

What else is a “right” by your standards?
Should the government provide us with housing too? Should the government pay for our college tuitions? Should it provide us with our basic needs, as if we can’t do that on our own?

If you want your government to baby you, and provide you with everything as if you are incapable of providing for yourself, maybe you should try out Sweden.

What makes America great is that we can provide health care for our people on our own. We do not need a government take-over to cover those who aren’t covered, we are not dependent on the hand of government for our needs. We must turn to Republican, free market solutions if we want to maintain the top-notch quality care that we have today.

By: Ian Goldin

Ian Goldin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:04:16 +0000

Health Care is one of the most pressing issues of our time. If we don’t reform it now, you can say goodbye to our notion of the American Dream.

By: RMichael

RMichael — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:29:11 +0000

Bloated defense budget? When skies are blue, its “bloated,” but should anything happen its “underfunded.”

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:26:21 +0000

What you call entitlement spending, I call a right (health care). What you call un-American I call civil and decent.

By: Dan R

Dan R — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:37:16 +0000

Have you ever thought that maybe there are ways to save the federal budget besides cutting entitlement spending . . . such as the bloated defense budget? And does it not matter that health care reform will actually /decrease/ the structural deficit?