tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post658019617116784201..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Romney knows Obama isn't a Muslim...Bud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-2935085397037897442012-07-31T10:55:51.123-07:002012-07-31T10:55:51.123-07:00In answer to your question: because Romney would s...In answer to your question: because Romney would say anything (or not) if he thought it would get him elected.John Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-15975774180324671442012-07-31T08:29:15.799-07:002012-07-31T08:29:15.799-07:00Dear Bud,
As you know, our country is at a criti...Dear Bud, <br /><br />As you know, our country is at a critical juncture. Growth has slowed to a crawl. Fourteen million Americans are unemployed, and three million have stopped looking for work. We are saving nothing and investing next to nothing. <br /><br />Most Americans have experienced no growth in their real take home pay in decades. Those who are doing well are doing better, with income and wealth growing more unequal over time. And our government is broke. Based on the Congressional Budget Office's latest projections, the fiscal gap separating the present value of projected non-interest spending plus the official debt and the present value of projected taxes totals $211 trillion.<br /><br />This is the mountain of obligations we ignore while focusing on the $10.3 trillion "molehill" of official debt held by the public. Decades of Enron-style accounting has permitted both parties to keep the vast majority of the government's debts off the books.<br /><br />Our fiscal gap is 14 times GDP -- a larger ratio than prevails in Greece or, it appears, any other developed country. <br /><br />Our tax system is a disgrace. Our Social Security system is an inefficient and inequitable morass of incomprehensible rules. Moreover, Social Security is in worse fiscal shape than in 1983 when the Greenspan Commission "fixed" it.<br /><br />The 2,300-page Dodd-Frank bill retained our "trust me" banking system. As a consequence, it stands poised to re-detonate, whether triggered again by fraud or by a collapse of U.S. or European government bond markets. Finally, our energy policy continues to endanger our children and our globe and enrich our enemies.<br /><br />The time has come to support policies, not people. We need solutions that are fair, bold, efficient, transparent, sustainable and generationally equitable.<br /><br />Please support thepurpleplans.org<br /><br />Many thanks for considering this appeal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com