Letters to the Editor
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Right on, Mauimom44
I'm right with Mauimom44 ... we need to continually point out the idiocy and hypocrisy of what the Repubs are DOING. On Wednesday, a Republican from Utah, when asked about the debt level issue, said: "If they [presumably Dems] think we can just spend and spend and spend and not raise the debt level, they are not living in a reality-based world."
Well, I live in a reality-based world, and I know, as millions of other Americans know, that spend and spend and spend is always a bad idea for personal finance as well as the country's finances. No one, except for the very few (like Bush), can avoid paying bills or suffering the consequences of not paying bills when due. The attitude the Repubs have (like Cheney saying that Medicare will work if people just set aside a little money every month) is the attitude of people who have never worried about money--never been in a position of having, say, $8.52 left in a checking account until the next paycheck more than a week away and a mountain of bills to pay in the meantime.
Why this isn't the biggest issue of the day is beyond me. I know the Democrats pushed back a little, but not in the way that made people notice. Those tax cuts MUST go, and this administration HAS to be accountable for their criminal handling of this country's finances.