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[RidgeRunner]

I agree with one thing, the argument over who's fault it is. It is all our faults.. Dysfunctional government has been around for as long as I can remember, the party in charge seems to matter not.
GWB started the bailouts much to my chagrin.. I think Paulson was the primary motivator on that one. He scared the crap out of the banks and Congress. The FED is a huge problem in my eyes so are the profiteers on wallstreet, but that is another discussion.

Wellfare- If you need assistance so you can get on your feet I am all for it, but we the working class cannot support the growing line of lifelong wellfare recipients. Nor should anyone who is receiving assistance for 12 consecutive months be allowed to vote, it is a conflict of interest.

Nationwide reforendum on a couple of common sense solutions to problems. Force every member of Congress to pay for their own insurance and go to my doctor where I have to go and see how they like it, or better yet force them into Obamacare!! Force Congress be paid from the same account as Social Security. The only way they could get a check is after Social Security, Wellfare, Medicare, Medicaid, and all social services are funded every month. Require the president to put forth a budget and hold his feet to the fire, then make it a law that Congress follows through with a balanced budget. Period!
Put an end to million dollar campaign contributions and all of the back-alley deals with special interest groups. "Moonlighting" should not be allowed. Then perhaps they could concentrate on something that matters to me.. Not gay rights, amnesty, or debt forgiveness for my neighbors.. If your gay, you have every right to be as gay as you want to be without special laws for your unnatural sexual orientation/choice. Gays have cost countless dollars in their quest for Federal recognition. All they really want is to be able to wed?? so they can receive the benefits that couples are entitled to?? JFC go ahead and give it to them, I can be conservative with fiscal policy and comfortable enough with my sexuality to handle if Fred and Jerry want to get married, WTF!! Stop spending money on it... That shouldn't be the platform elections are made of.
Next census taken will ask your name social and BMI. I disagree with the BS but know what is coming. Better drop a few pounds before I get taxed for my obesity...