A Dilemma In The Making

It looks as though the Goobers On Parade (GOP) want to force America to walk on their Path to Prosperity. Prosperity? It is more like a path to extinction if you ask me.

Ponder this, if the Republicans get their way then we can say goodbye to the so-called Obamacare, and au revoir to Medicare. One should then ask, what about the old, the sick, the poor, the unemployed - essentially all Americans, excluding the filthy rich - should they need medical attention?

The Republican position appears to be that they should do the rich folks a favor and just die. That would certainly hasten the demise of the poor and the middle class, which is where this country seems to be heading anyway.

Assuming the Republicans and their obscenely rich puppet masters achieve this goal a dilemma will rear it's horny head. With all the poor and middle class gone there will be no one left in America except the rich - the rich rich, the moderately rich, and then the barely rich at the lower end of the rich spectrum. Now what?

This country will be right back to the class system we have now but with a higher monetary baseline, and the cycle will start all over again in perpetuity. In the meantime, if everyone is rich then who is going to clean up the place, scrub the toilet, drive the garbage truck? The Donald?

I guess it would depend on a person's bank balance.

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley included his thoughts on the Republican plan in a recent email:

For months now, the House Republicans - led by Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) - have been promising a bold, new plan to cut the deficit.
  

After much anticipation, Rep. Ryan released his plan today.  But it's hardly a bold, new plan. Instead, Ryan's plan is a rehash of the same old failed ideas they've been touting for years.

What's the Republican solution to our budget crisis?  More tax cuts for the wealthy and big multinational corporations; attacks on our teachers, firefighters, and other public servants; and announced today, a plan to end Medicare and give our seniors coupons for private health insurance.

Unbelievable.

Make no mistake: No one is going to kill Medicare on my watch.  We're not going to go back to the days when many of America's seniors were living in destitute poverty without access to health care.  We've made a solemn commitment to our seniors, and we're not going to break that promise.

So, how do we bring down the deficit?  

• End the exclusive tax breaks available only to millionaires and billionaires.
• End the subsidies for the highly-profitable oil and gas industries.
• Bring the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to a responsible end.
• Get our economy back on track - by investing in education and clean energy technology, boosting manufacturing, and keeping families in their homes by fixing the broken housing market.

Right on Senator. Right on.