Senator Johnson,
Yesterday, NFL players and owners agreed to a ten year contract. Over and over during the broadcasts of the agreement one word was constantly repeated. That word was compromise. More and more it is apparent to me that your party, the GOP, has been unwilling to do that in regard to numerous bills and proposals from Democrats. Never has that been more apparent than in the recent budget discussions and the debt limit.
As a voter and taxpayer, I implore you as my Senator to bear in mind that you work for the American people, and the vast majority in every poll agree that the way to balance our budget is through a combination of cuts in spending and an increase in revenue. Through Speaker Boehner's own public release earlier this year, an overwhelming number of economists agree that the most feasible ratio to do this would be an 85 percent decrease in spending and a 15 percent increase in revenues.
During the Biden budget talks, the Democrats suggested an 83/17 percent ratio. It seems to me that it should be easy to split the difference between what your party released as an appropriate ratio and what the Democrats offered. So exactly what is the problem?
In short, Senator Johnson, compromise.
Some things that can and should be done:
--Close corporate tax loop holes.
--Eliminate the 106,000 cap on FICA contributions. This would fund the programs and sustain them almost indefinitely.
--Let the Bush tax cuts expire. According to the CBO, those tax cuts are a main cause of the current deficit problems.
One constantly heard mantra is that government has to live within its means just as the average American family does. When the American family is in trouble, they do indeed decide on what is essential and what isn't. They also, if necessary, take a second or third job. In short, they find a combination of cuts and revenue increases to make ends me. You and your fellow Senators and Congressmen need to do the same. Compromise is what made our country work to begin with. It still can.
Sincerely,
Tim Mocarski
Racine, WI
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Friday, July 25, 2008
DNC site down
Okay, the DNC site is down for a while.
This post will be up there if and when there forum comes back. Hopefully whatever changes they make will make the place better.
So what have you done in the interim? Made phone calls for the candidate? Stuffed envelopes? Contributed since that was the only thing that was working when I tried to access things this morning?
I made a fresh pot of coffee. I played some golf, talked with the wife about some remodeling we are doing. Talked to the kid. Talked to the daughter. Thought a bit about what I am teaching in the fall, but did not do any preparations. Had a guy come in to do an assessment of the wife and what assistance she may need for her activities of daily living. Decided that a lot of ADLs are hard for both of us.
In other words, I did a lot of other stuff that did not necessitate my sitting at a keyboard arguing with people I probably will never meet in my life. I can do plenty of that with my neocon brother. I did not have to worry about what anybody at the DNC blog thought, the incessant bickering and sniping between a small number of Obama supporters and an equally small number of hard core Clinton supporters.
I did not have to bite my tongue or restrain my fingers from typing a pithy reply to some insipid little pissant whose only purpose on the blog is to denigrate others.
I went to the bank. I did some wash. I picked up around the house. Made some food and ate it. I pulled some weeds. I read some fiction. I read the paper.
In other words, I tried doing some of stuff of real life. Stuff that is more productive, and certainly of more value. I hope in the absence of the blog that you didn't sit around wasting time online.
This post will be up there if and when there forum comes back. Hopefully whatever changes they make will make the place better.
So what have you done in the interim? Made phone calls for the candidate? Stuffed envelopes? Contributed since that was the only thing that was working when I tried to access things this morning?
I made a fresh pot of coffee. I played some golf, talked with the wife about some remodeling we are doing. Talked to the kid. Talked to the daughter. Thought a bit about what I am teaching in the fall, but did not do any preparations. Had a guy come in to do an assessment of the wife and what assistance she may need for her activities of daily living. Decided that a lot of ADLs are hard for both of us.
In other words, I did a lot of other stuff that did not necessitate my sitting at a keyboard arguing with people I probably will never meet in my life. I can do plenty of that with my neocon brother. I did not have to worry about what anybody at the DNC blog thought, the incessant bickering and sniping between a small number of Obama supporters and an equally small number of hard core Clinton supporters.
I did not have to bite my tongue or restrain my fingers from typing a pithy reply to some insipid little pissant whose only purpose on the blog is to denigrate others.
I went to the bank. I did some wash. I picked up around the house. Made some food and ate it. I pulled some weeds. I read some fiction. I read the paper.
In other words, I tried doing some of stuff of real life. Stuff that is more productive, and certainly of more value. I hope in the absence of the blog that you didn't sit around wasting time online.
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