On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:54:11 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Friday, November 23, 2018 at 11:07:40 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Friday, November 23, 2018 at 3:57:16 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>> >
>> > There's cuts that one would like to see and then there's cuts that are easy and therefore likely i.e., in Social Security benefits, and Medicare benefits.
>>
>> Social Security and Medicare are the third rail of tax cuts. Given what
>> a large proportion of active voters are over 60, most politicians are
>> reluctant to touch either.
>>
>> Defense contractors could certainly use a haircut, and I'm sure there
>> we could find little economies spread throughout the budget.
>>
>> Personally, I don't think taxes are all that high, especially considering
>> all the loopholes.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
>The American way is to take stuff away from the poor and the powerless. You might consider the boomers to be rich and powerful but I don't. There's not much use in trying to figure out which of us is right - only time will tell.

Besides, what good can come from a discussion with a "self-absorbed
twit"?