The NYT article linked below brings to light once again that our legislative leaders in Washington would rather duke things out via the media than actually sitting in a room and figuring out a compromise for We the People.
I have heard the argument before that our democratic system of government was designed in such a way that calls for stalemates--much like the one we've been living through for the last decade it seems. Looking back through history however, we'd be hard-pressed to not realize our nation was formed by the illustrious 'C' word--Compromise. The word has become nothing more than a political volleyball.
I liked the NYT article below because it comes at the issue of inflation relative to Social Security from both the left and the right. I give the President credit for even bringing the idea to the table. As I mentioned in my very 1st post, we can not continue to turn a blind eye to the problems with Social Security. As a young professional with roughly 30+ years of work still ahead of me, I am hopeful that the money taken out of my paycheck every 2 weeks isn't being flushed down a toilet--but it's hard to feel otherwise when our so called leaders in Washington can't seem to find a way to work together.
iiwii for now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/us/politics/obama-budget-is-dismissed-by-gop-and-attacked-by-left.html?hp&_r=0
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