DISGRACE: House passes bloated defense bill by a mile

[Bluebear]

via AMERICAblog: For crying out loud, can that beast ever be tamed? How is it that cutting benefits for the middle class and poor is always an option but serious trimming of the defense budget is not an option? Maybe the big mouth Bill Clinton can step up for the rest of America instead of blathering on about cutting Medicare. How clueless is he? Why are entitlements for everyone outside of Wall Street of the defense industry always on the table?

This is yet another clear example of the failure of modern American politics. People like Clinton are so far removed from the daily struggles of the average person and they only sound more ridiculous by the day when they fail to offer any constructive criticism that might actually benefit normal people. Not everyone is sitting on a hundred million bucks like Clinton and the job opportunities with oil kingdoms and Wall Street just aren't as widely available for everyone else. What a disgrace.

http://www.americablog.com/2011/05/house-passes-bloated-defense-bill-by.html

[madrchsod]

1. take those numbers and multiply by at least 4....

that`s the real cost of that money.

[leftstreet]

2. K&R

[Rageneau]

3. When did Clinton suggest cutting Medicare?

I know Clinton has long thought that that the Medicare system needs revision to make it more efficient and responsive, but I've never yet heard him suggest any actual cuts in Medicare. Do you know something I don't? And if you do, what is it, and where can I go to verify it?

[Hannah Bell]

4. article here

http://www.slate.com/id/2082/

he didn't just suggest, either. his admin cut medicare under the table.

[Bluebear]

5. 'more efficient' = bend over.