tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687567227556272837.post1504247628256906110..comments2024-03-25T15:35:52.700-04:00Comments on Of Politics, Sports and Stuff: Or maybe it's just because Nancy Pelosi is for it that I'm against itJamie McVickarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16590127542551603241noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4687567227556272837.post-55105131598728456712010-11-14T19:36:27.181-05:002010-11-14T19:36:27.181-05:00Hey Jamie,
Good to see you have a blog at the DLN!...Hey Jamie,<br />Good to see you have a blog at the DLN! I enjoyed reading your Veteran's Day salute to Obama. That was excellent! As for the report from the deficit reduction commission, I think you ought to side with Pelosi on that one. The commission is just trying to stick us regular folks with the bill for the Bush era (remember that Bush squandered the Clinton surplus). They have no business talking about Social Security when they have not looked at all the possible deficit reduction strategies. Mike Lux at the blog Open Left came up with a decent and brief list of possibilities: <br /><br /> November 13, 2010<br />How to cut the deficit without having to listen to Simpson and Bowles any more <br />Mike Lux, Open Left:<br /><br />1. Increasing taxes on millionaires and billionaires. <br /><br />2. Imposing a financial transactions tax on Wall Street speculation. <br /><br />3. Ending a wide array of corporate tax loopholes for things like overseas investment. <br /><br />4. Ending corporate agribusiness subsidies larded into the farm bill. <br /><br />5. Ending loopholes and subsidies of various kinds to the big energy companies. <br /><br />6. Reforming the government contracting process to end no-bid contracting, impose penalties on cost overruns, and cut down on excessive bonuses. <br /><br />7. Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices with the big pharmaceutical companies. <br /><br />8. Having a vigorous public option to provide competition for health insurers. <br /><br />Furthermore, deficit reduction is really an issue for inside-the-beltway types. Most people out here in America care about the economy and health care. <br /><br />Tal with you soon Jamie!<br /><br />John TurgeonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com