Get ready for the new bad guys

by: wvblueguy

Tue Apr 05, 2011 at 16:43:05 PM EDT

It looks like the GOP is attempting to drive our country towards programs that would privatize social security and change medicare to a voucher system. As we all know they have to some degree of success managed to get many folks to believe that the deficit has been caused by greedy school teachers, firemen, unionized job holders, postal workers or anyone that has a normal middle class income, decent health insurance, and retirement programs. A good example of this mentality is in this letter to the editor of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that can be read by clicking here.

Remember when the residential carriers drove their own vehicles to their route, delivered part of it and picked up the next section of their route in a storage box on the corner? The drop off in the storage boxes was done by one person in one truck. Now, every carrier has a vehicle where they drive a block and deliver and drive another block and deliver again. It would be nice to know how much money is wasted each year by the postal service on all of these vehicles. Oh, and they are being paid union wages, which are much higher than the normal wages paid most jobs.

Like I said, it’s all about greed.

Those of us that are over 65 and are already receiving social security checks and medicare would continue to receive those benefits while everyone else will be forced into the no win proposals I mentioned above. Using current logic it won't be long before senior citizens now over the age of 65 will also be characterized as greedy selfish folks who are the cause of the massive deficit created by republicans over the last 12 years.

Personally I think medicare is a pretty decent program even though the cost of part B and supplemental policies continue to rise. Be assured that Social Security will never replace a normal working wage for anyone, but it is a welcome addition if your house and car are paid for and you have income from other sources.

I find it hard to believe that the republican party can find anyone who is a true member of the middle class to support their marriage with the tea party and the one percent of our population that seem to be calling all the shots. The next congressional election can't come soon enough, and we had better get ready to work harder than we ever have to achieve some sanity in our government.