Obama’s and Bush’s effects on the deficit in one graph

[dellinger63]

Taxes need to be raised but to raise them now when we have a leader who thinks using them to extend unemployment and overpay for highway and bridge projects, many needless (all union of course) would be like burning money.

Get a real plan. Raise taxes but dedicate ALL new taxes to paying DOWN the debt. Dedicate ALL future SS payments to a vested SS account (not owed) and again the debt decreases.

Without access to the seniors cash the government has 40% less payroll tax spending money. Show the balance sheet next year and we're back AAA!

BTW individuals who paid into SS for 20 years, (a little less than 1/2 of eligible work years only 50%) not 10 should be desiganted as SS recipients. That's all the 'change' needed.