It’s a description of what the Democrats have done and what the Republicans should be doing.
In April of 2012, the media hammered Mitt Romney for suggesting to college graduates that if they wanted to start their own businesses they should “borrow money from their parents,” much as he had in the amount of $20,000. The rich boy, out of touch, unrealistic was exposed to criticism and derision from any self-proclaimed liberal.
Yet, “The Young Person’s Guide to Health Insurance,” advises graduates seeking health insurance to “Call Mom and Dad,” in the number one spot. That’s right, Call Mom and Dad, the official government advice for young graduates seeking health insurance. The HHS homepage also advises those under 26 to “call mom and dad.”
And our cost-shifting President who happily takes credit for more individuals insured as parents pay increased premiums to continue their grown children’s coverage had yet another trick up his sleeve.
After all, by making parents pay the government could declare victory off the backs of parents, but there was still something missing…the additional money grab the President could make and take some additional money for the bloated government while our wallets are open for our children, Internal Revenue Code Section 213 (a) (cited as 26 USC Section 213) that provides that beginning this year, 2013, the medical expense deduction will only be available for expenses that exceed 10 percent rather than 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income.
So, Mr. President, as your fan club concentrates on your likability, and as Republicans continue to sabotage any legitimate message by coming across as seriously hostile and unbalanced, you smile and stick it to the middle class again. Pay for your children and since premium costs count towards the medical expense deduction and obviously paying for children adds to those expenses, raise the threshold for eligibility for the medical expense deduction.
Now we have sequestration and both democrats and republicans are sticking to form, democrats pleading with the stubborn Republicans to do the “right” thing, Republicans falling into the trap of dusting off the Constitution and exhuming the founding fathers instead of looking for Federal budget expenses that could be cut that would alienate no one in the public, specifically by targeting the salaries, budgets, and perks afforded the civil service workforce at the Federal level. Why? Because both parties support government for the sake of government.
Our official US policy is the “business” of maintaining government at the expense of the people. On January 12, 2012, Tami Luhby, [“Did Obama really make government bigger?” CNN.com] reported that according to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget that “the number of Federal employees grew by 123,000, or 6.2 percent under President Obama.”
Instead of Republicans taking that single fact and running with it, the Republican bigmouths who gained attention by attacking and alienating different segments of the public from the gay community to the poor, left such articles free to continue, as that one of 1/25/12 did with the next line that “The federal payroll has been expanding since President Bush took office…”
From cost of living increases for federal retirees to job security to benefits packages to salaries, the only middle class that matters in America today is the civil service middle class.
So, as you listen to how the only budget cuts possible are to gouge social security, Medicare and Medicaid, look at the facts and ask yourself why we don’t hear the government of the people (Democrats) arguing for cutting salaries, benefits, pensions, and positions in the Federal government and why we don’t hear the advocates of smaller government (Republicans) doing the same, and you might start to realize that neither party is representing anyone but the individuals supporting themselves off the backs of the middle class.
