Obama Should Cut Costs by Working with—Not around—Congress

It should be clear by now to everyone that we cannot provide health care via medicare, medicaid; and social security without maintaining a reasonable tax rate.

Our deficit will continue to grow as long as we don't add some tax revenue.

Grover Norquist stated on TV that he wanted government to be so small you could drown it in a bath tub. That small a government could not govern and chaos would ensue and them has the gold would rule, absolutely.

The Bush tax cuts now over 10 years in place would have generated over 4 trillion dollars. Who has the money - the rich. Who needed it - the government.

We have been at war for 10 years and no one addresses the extra cost. Lyndon Johnson said we cannot afford guns and butter.

The bitter partisan divide is now so well entranced the poor from each side are fighting each other while the rich from each side quietly count their money.

We have the most costly government in 30 years and the tax rates are the lowest in 50-60 years. At one time they were 90% and then down to 75%. This is not protecting the job creators but the sponsorship of Dynasty Building.

All the middle class who cry for spending cuts, cry even louder when they find its their medicare and social security that will be cut, but too late.

We accept blatant lies in the political process so you could say we are a nation that believes lies by politicians to get into office and then we expect them to tell us the truth when they are in office.

Denmark has 49% taxes but has college free, 3 months family leave paid, health care free, and so on. We could learn from some of these countries but we elect slow learners who insist on reinventing the wheel on everything.

May God help us, but I don't think he is anymore. We have removed him from the conversation, and he has turned and walked away, and we didn't even notice he was gone.

Joe Morgan of TN 12:01PM January 18, 2012