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"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."
Abraham Lincoln

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"NEW AMERICAN COMMON SENSE PARTY".
(hereinafter referred to as NACSP)

Yep, that's right people, it's time to take America back. Enough is enough. It's time we quit electing the same crooks and scumballs over and over again. Quit pulling the all Democrat or all Republican lever because your daddy was a Rep. or a Dem. God gave you a brain, (oh my goodness, your blogger believes in the Creator, he must be an idiot) use it to study the issues and the candidates before you go to the polls. Before you vote for an incumbent, look at his voting record and see how much of YOUR, YOUR KIDS,
GRANDKIDS and GREATGRANDKIDS hard earned tax $ he voted to waste on porkbarrel projects. With the deficit running in the trillions, congress still doesn't seem to get the message. Of course not, they don't care about America, they only care about getting reelected. We have built a house of cards based on greed, and it's going to come tumbling down if we don't fix it SOON.


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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

MILITARY RETIREMENT PAY CUTS

I was talking to a friend last night who is retired Army with 30 years service. He told me between increased tax withholding, increases in health care deductions, etc. his net check is down $300 a month. Now two congressional panels and the president's debt reduction panel are calling for further cuts to the military retirement system. One major change being suggested is not being able to collect until age 57 or 60. So what's a 30 year vet who's body is worn out, mental condition is PTSD to some extent or another, supposed to do from age 48 to 57 or 60? Who's MOS (military occupational specialty) was infantry for example. What kind of job, at what kind of pay is he/she going to be able to get? There isn't much demand in the private sector for those kinds of skills when you're 48.
That's right, the government you put your life on the line for all those years is going to screw you one more time.

I am all in favor of debt reduction/cost cutting/elimination of waste and fraud/and huge reductions in the welfare giveaway programs, but this is NOT the place to do it. Let's start with Congress and their retirement and perks instead.

Dumb Farmer
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