tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1047117650822782932Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:11:37 +0000Random Thoughtshttp://davidmarks.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (David)Blogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1047117650822782932.post-8233388621610348455Thu, 19 May 2011 01:15:00 +00002011-05-20T18:52:01.217-04:00The Ryan Medicare Plan Could Work Under the Right CircumstancesCongressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) has proposed that Medicare be replaced by a subsidy paid to seniors to purchase health care insurance. Medical care would be paid by insurance companies instead of the federal government. Ryan has been excoriated by seniors for this proposal. He has been accused of throwing Grandma under the bus. In fact, this radical restructuring of Medicare could work if http://davidmarks.blogspot.com/2011/05/ryan-medicare-plan-could-work-under.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1047117650822782932.post-5664030940714655787Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:29:00 +00002011-04-22T11:29:32.196-04:00What you are not being told and what we need to do about the federal debt and budget deficitsWith all the talk of the federal debt and budget deficits, there is a lot that is not being discussed. Yes, the deficit is huge and worrisome, but we need to hear the truth before we make huge spending cuts that would affect millions. In 1980 the deficit was less than $1trillion. By the time Bush41 left office, the debt had ballooned to nearly $5 trillion. That was an increase of 500% that was http://davidmarks.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-you-are-not-being-told-and-what-we.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1047117650822782932.post-7740869810117084350Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:18:00 +00002011-04-18T11:25:23.857-04:00Playing with the debt limit is playing with fireUp until this year, raising the federal debt limit was a non-event. Every so often it was raised and reported on page eight of the newspaper. Even Alan Greenspan, former Fed Chairman, wondered aloud why we even have a debt limit. Now the Republicans and especially the Tea Party want to use the upcoming vote to raise it to extract maximum concessions (read: budget cuts) from the Democrats and the http://davidmarks.blogspot.com/2011/04/playing-with-debt-limit-is-playing-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1047117650822782932.post-1546642887422854124Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:12:00 +00002011-01-08T22:12:56.592-05:00So the Republicans want to repeal the new health care law...I don't get it. The Republicans are good at being against things but they never tell you what exactly they support. They tell you they are against government spending, but don't tell you what they would cut. Now they want to repeal the new health care law even though the non-partisan CBO (Congressional Budget Office) says repeal would add $230 Billion to the deficit. They claim the CBO is using http://davidmarks.blogspot.com/2011/01/so-republicans-want-to-repeal-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1047117650822782932.post-3298246688536689915Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:25:00 +00002010-10-29T13:25:06.341-04:00Be careful what you wish for! Republicans are not necessarily the answer to bad Democrats.So you plan to vote for Republicans as a protest against what the Democrats are doing? Be careful! The cure could be worse than the disease. Republicans got us into this mess and the Democrats made it worse. Now Republicans want to get us out by making things even worse. They want to lower federal taxes without saying how they would pay for it causing the deficit to balloon further. The Bush tax http://davidmarks.blogspot.com/2010/10/be-careful-what-you-wish-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David)0