Home
Blog
Radio
Missing Persons
Crime
May 21, 2024, 08:40:36 AM
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
News
:
NEW CHILD BOARD CREATED IN THE POLITICAL SECTION FOR THE 2016 ELECTION
Home
Help
Login
Register
Scared Monkeys Discussion Forum
>
Current Events and Musings
>
Political Forum
> Topic:
Commentary: This is not your father's country anymore - Cafferty
Pages:
1
Go Down
« previous
next »
Print
Author
Topic: Commentary: This is not your father's country anymore - Cafferty (Read 2049 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
nonesuche
Monkey All Star Jr.
Offline
Posts: 8878
Commentary: This is not your father's country anymore - Cafferty
«
on:
February 24, 2009, 07:44:10 AM »
This is far from the most reactionary commentary I've read of late, IF we survive and I do have my doubts regarding that, I do believe this will be our future as Cafferty describes it. I do not mind living with less, having fewer luxuries. What I do mind is the burden my children and your children will carry to pay for our social security and medicare. The impact to their standard of living will resonate for the majority of their lives.
So just as the democrats drove a home to own for everyone, our children may never own homes while paying off our debts. This is more than paying it forward, our country's american dream will have been the price for this. Just wait for Obama's address tonight, his press secretary is out there this morning advancing that now we have to stop spending in Iraq in order to cut the deficit. I think many of us agree that the Iraq war needs to be resolved and quickly. What I do not like is Obama now using the deficit that the democrats have driven for all of this new spending, as not part of this problem.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/cafferty.america/index.html
NEW YORK (CNN) -- I think this time, it's different. I have this uneasy feeling our country is in
the process of changing forever
, and not necessarily for the better -- unless our perspective changes with it.
I have kicked around longer than most people: I'm 66 years old. I remember well the '50s and early '60s, which were times of unbridled enthusiasm, prosperity and opportunity.
The American dream was a job, a house, a car. A modest, affordable house and a car that was most likely a Chevrolet, Ford or Plymouth.
People weren't in debt buying things they couldn't afford, and neither was the government. There were recessions along the way -- relatively mild downturns of short duration -- but nothing like this feels like it's going to be.
The interest on the national debt will approach $500 billion a year this year or next. Our country is sinking into the quicksand of insolvency as surely as the victims of subprime mortgages who have lost their jobs and their houses and watched their savings evaporate in the stock market decline.
The current national debt is soaring past $12 trillion. The costs of the stimulus packages and bailouts (and stimulus package is just another words for bailout) are being tacked on and passed on because they are being paid for with money we don't have.
We are
staring at unfunded liabilities for Medicare and Social Security in the tens of trillions of dollars.
Where's that money going to come from? We have to either raise taxes or cut benefits. There are no other options.
The baby boomers are starting to retire and will consume an ever larger share of these entitlement programs. They will also age in sufficient numbers to drive the political agenda for the foreseeable future. Think they're going to want less Social Security and less Medicare? Think again.
The generation coming along behind them that will be asked to pay for all this can't. There are not enough good jobs left in this country to pay those kinds of bills.
At the end of the day, we are going to have to settle for less. Less money, smaller houses, smaller cars and smaller dreams.
This is not your father's country anymore. And we had better all start getting used to it.
On the bright side, our history shows that times of shared national sacrifice have resulted in our greatest national achievements. It's been a very long time since we have been called upon to make any kind of serious sacrifice. We were overdue until one day in September, when Lehman Brothers collapsed. We're not overdue anymore.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jack Cafferty.
Logged
I continue to stand with the girl.
WhiskeyGirl
Monkey All Star Jr.
Offline
Posts: 7754
Re: Commentary: This is not your father's country anymore - Cafferty
«
Reply #1 on:
February 24, 2009, 09:00:36 AM »
Someone summed it up like this a few years ago (my paraphrase) "You have to be carefule about your Democrats, they're not your Daddy's Democrats." We aren't being asked to sacrifice for the national good, we're being asked to spend ourself to destruction.
The Obamas preach preventive medicine, but have ignored opportunities to repair the financial system for years - people go on and on about how smart they are. A little prevention years ago, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 may have saved trillions of dollars and left a bright prosperous economy as our legacy to the next generation.
For some reason, Obama only want's to leave debt and poverty for some groups.
my opinions
Logged
All my posts are just my humble opinions. Please take with a grain of salt.
It doesn't do any good to hate anyone,
they'll end up in your family anyway...
crazybabyborg
Guest
Re: Commentary: This is not your father's country anymore - Cafferty
«
Reply #2 on:
February 26, 2009, 11:45:58 AM »
It has long been a cornerstone of American Values that we want our children to have better than what we've had. For generations that has been the driving force of our decisions and direction, and even differing viewpoints of how to achieve that goal, never lost sight of the achievement.
Look at what we've done, and what the agenda is right now..............
We are no longer speculating and struggling with how to achieve a better future for those coming after us. We have, in an astonishingly short flash of time, condemned our children's future to certainty of crippling financial debt and the ramifications of obligation to foreign countries. We cannot claim to have been unaware. We have the tallied reciept with each passage of legislation, and even when we don't read the legislation before passage, we have the "Balance Due" in black and white, bold print.
We have already received the "Change" we were promised. The steps that will be taken from here on out are just to ensure that the bridges we are crossing, burn behind us.
Logged
Pages:
1
Go Up
Print
Scared Monkeys Discussion Forum
>
Current Events and Musings
>
Political Forum
> Topic:
Commentary: This is not your father's country anymore - Cafferty
« previous
next »
Jump to:
Please select a destination:
-----------------------------
FORUM RULES
-----------------------------
=> Forum Rules and Tips
-----------------------------
Polls, Polls and more Polls
-----------------------------
=> Missing Persons Polls
=> Current Events/News Polls
=> Crime and Trial Polls
=> Just For Fun Polls
-----------------------------
Missing Persons - High Profile
-----------------------------
=> Missing Persons High Profile
===> Dylan Redwine, 13yrs old, last seen 11/19/12, Vallecito, CO
===> Kyron Horman - Portland Oregon
===> Caylee Marie Anthony - Florida (BODY FOUND)
=====> Caylee's Law - by State
=======> Caylee's Law - text
=======> ALABAMA
=======> ALASKA
=======> ARIZONA
=======> ARKANSAS
=======> CALIFORNIA
=======> COLORADO
=======> CONNECTICUT
=======> DELAWARE
=======> DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
=======> FLORIDA
=======> GEORGIA
=======> HAWAII
=======> IDAHO
=======> ILLINOIS
=======> INDIANA
=======> IOWA
=======> KANSAS
=======> KENTUCKY
=======> LOUISIANA
=======> MAINE
=======> MARYLAND
=======> MASSACHUSETTS
=======> MICHIGAN
=======> MINNESOTA
=======> MISSISSIPPI
=======> MISSOURI
=======> MONTANA
=======> NEBRASKA
=======> NEVADA
=======> NEW HAMPSHIRE
=======> NEW JERSEY
=======> NEW MEXICO
=======> NEW YORK
=======> NORTH CAROLINA
=======> NORTH DAKOTA
=======> OHIO
=======> OKLAHOMA
=======> OREGON
=======> PENNSYLVANIA
=======> PUERTO RICO
=======> RHODE ISLAND
=======> SOUTH CAROLINA
=======> SOUTH DAKOTA
=======> TENNESSEE
=======> TEXAS
=======> UTAH
=======> VERMONT
=======> VIRGINIA
=======> WASHINGTON
=======> WEST VIRGINIA
=======> WISCONSIN
=======> WYOMING
=====> Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial Archives
===> Sierra Lamar, 15yrs old, Morgan Hill, CA Missing Since March 16, 2012
===> JO ANN (JODIE) BAIN AND 3 DAUGHTERS MISSING 4/27/2012(2 murdered 2 safe)
===> Isabel Mercedes Celis, 6 yrs old missing 4/21/12 Tucson, AZ (Body Found)
===> Jennifer Kesse - Orlando/Ocoee, Florida
===> Susan Powell 28yrs old, missing 12/6/09 West Valley City, Utah
===> Michelle Loree Parker, Last Seen 11/17/11, Orlando, FL
===> Celina Cass, 11yrs old missing 7/25/11 New Hampshire
===> Aliayah Lunsford, 3yrs old, Weston, West VA, missing since 9/24/2011
===> Lisa Irwin, 10mo old missing since 10/4/2011 KC, MO
===> Robyn Gardner missing in Aruba August 2, 2011
=> Missing Persons - High Profile - Archives
-----------------------------
Virginia Area Missing and Murdered - possible connections
-----------------------------
=> Morgan Dana Harrington, 20yrs missing VA Tech 10/17/09(BODY FOUND)
=> Hannah Elizabeth Graham missing since 9/13/14 Charlottesville, VA
=> Alexis Murphy, missing since 8/3/13 Charlottesville, VA
=> Samantha Ann Clarke 19yrs. old Orange Va. Last seen 09/13/10
=> Dashad Sage Smith missing since 11/20/12 Charlottesville, VA
=> Cassandra Morton 23, Lynchburg, missing 10/10/09 body found 11/29/09
-----------------------------
High Profile Crimes and Trials (not missing persons)
-----------------------------
=> Jodi Arias trial - for the murder of Travis Alexander
=> Trial of George Zimmerman - 2nd Degree Murder of 17yr old Trayvon Martin
=> Scott Peterson Appeal of Murder Conviction
-----------------------------
Missing, Exploited and True Crime
-----------------------------
=> Missing Exploited and True Crime
===> Missing Persons Forum
=====> Missing Found or Presumed Deceased
=====> Missing Found Safe
=====> Missing Endangered Runaways
=====> Resourses, Search Groups and Fundraisers
===> Crimes Against Children, Elderly and the Disabled
===> Crimes of Passion/Anger
===> Serial Killers and Their Possible Victims
===> Unsolved Crimes
=====> Finally Solved
===> Haleigh Marie Cummings - Florida
===> Adji Desir - Florida
===> Somer Renee Thompson 7 yo, Orange Park FL 10/19/09(BODY FOUND)
===> Tracy Ocasio - Orlando/Ocoee, Florida
===> Shaniya Nicole Davis, 5 Fayetteville, NC Missing 11/10/09(BODY FOUND)
===> Holly Bobo, 20yrs old missing Parsons, TN 4/13/11
===> Hailey Dunn - 13yrs old - Colorado City, TX missing 12/27/10 (Body Found)
===> Elizabeth Olten - 9yrs, Jefferson City, MO missing 10/21/09 (BODY FOUND)
===> Lindsey Baum - McCleary, WA 6/26/09
===> Amber Leeanne Dubois 14yrs old - Escondido, CA(BODY FOUND)
===> Chelsea King, 17, Missing 2-25-2010 Rancho Bernadino CA (BODY FOUND)
===> Sandra Cantu, 8 years old - Tracy, CA(BODY FOUND)
===> Madeleine McCann - Portugal
===> Christine Marie Sheddy - missing since 11/13/2007 - Maryland(BODY FOUND)
===> Nevaeh Amyah Buchanan 5yr Monroe Michigan(BODY FOUND)
===> Gabriel Johnson 8 mo., last seen 12/26/09 Tempe AZ-San Antonio TX
===> Stacy Ann Peterson missing & Kathleen Savio murdered - Illinois
===> Zahra Clare Baker - 10yrs old Hickory, NC (Body Found)
-----------------------------
Natalee Holloway
-----------------------------
=> Natalee Holloway
=> Important Case Documents
===> Joran Statements/PV's
===> Paulus Statements/PV's
===> Deepak Statements/PV's
===> Satish Statements/PV's
===> Misc Statements/PV's
=> LCD Archive
=> Shango/Simian and other Codetalkers
-----------------------------
Current Events and Musings
-----------------------------
=> Monkey Musings / Open Discussion
=> Pop Culture Main
===> Hugely Popular TV Shows
===> Movies and Television
===> Social Media
===> Music
===> Books
===> Scared Monkeys Radio with Dana Pretzer
=> Health and Medical Issues
=> Food and Product Recalls
=> News of the Day
=> Business News
=> Sports
=> Political Forum
=> Religion (discussion and debate)
-----------------------------
The Monkey Lounge
-----------------------------
=> The Monkey Lounge
===> Fashion & Decorating
===> What's Cooking? Recipes
===> Games
=> Inspirational
===> Memorial - Gone but Never Forgotten
===> Gratefulness - Light a Candle in Prayer
===> Inspirational scriptures, songs, stories and prayers
-----------------------------
Natalee Discussions (2005 ARCHIVE)
-----------------------------
=> Natalee Holloway
=> Theory and Speculation
=> Links and References Only
=> Natalee Breaking News Archive
-----------------------------
General Discussions (2005 ARCHIVE)
-----------------------------
=> News Issues
=> Chit Chat
Loading...