Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Painful Decisions

“Tough choices I’m telling you, hard choices. We have to make some painful decisions here,” the congressman said, as the cameras rolled and he picked a speck of lint off his $2000.00 lapel. “Government spending is out of control and we’re going to stop it right now. And we’re going to start with those pesky entitlements…if you know what I mean. All that money the government is spending on old people, kids and veterans. We can get this deficit under control if we just cut out a lot that spending the government is doing on health care and Social Security for those old folks. We’ll save a ton if we chop the money spent on food stamps and hot lunch programs. And those unemployment insurance extensions…hey…need I say more? Tough choices I’m telling you, hard choices. We have to make some painful decisions here. Sure, some are going to have to choose between buying food or making their house payment…medicine or gas to get to work…the bill for heat or the bill for electricity. Hard choices…painful decisions, but America you are not alone. We all have to make sacrifices. We all have to share in the suffering. I’m right there with you. My three-week vacation in Hawaii is a thing of the past. Two weeks in Cancun will just have to do.”

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