By John W. Lillpop
There they go again!
Unable to campaign on legislative achievements, the state of the union, or the Obamanization of America, liberals have resorted to their customary electoral strategy:
Bribery, with money they simply do not have.
In this case, it is votes cast by older Americans that liberals seek to shake loose with the munificent sum of $250 per codger.
As reported at Yahoo.com, in part:
“WASHINGTON – Democrats are making a pre-election pitch to give Social Security recipients a one-time payment of $250, part of a larger effort to convince senior voters that their party, and not Republicans, will best look out for the 58 million people who get the government retirement and disability benefits.
“The $250 check is meant to make up for a second year without a cost-of-living increase due to low inflation.
"It's clearly a last-ditch election-year Hail Mary," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio. If supplementing the incomes of seniors was really a priority, he said, Democrats would have acted on it before they adjourned for the campaign”
Of course, the great unanswered question is:
Where is the $14 billion dollars to fund this scheme?
Shall we cut defense by $14 billion? Raise taxes on the wealthy?
Here’s a thought: Illegal aliens cost America over $100 billion dollars a year. By the way, most of the invading criminals are from Mexico.
Why not send Mexican President Felipe Calderon an invoice for $14 billion to fund the Codger Coddling Act of 2010?
Or why not pay the bill by a combination of cutting off aid to Mexico and billing them directly for any shortfall?
The Democrats’ bankrupt proposal reminds me of an associate who opened a new checking account with a deposit of $100. Not the most meticulous records keeper, he quickly drove his account into the red.
Summoned by the bank to atone for the negative balance, this young man agreed and was in the process of writing a check to even the score, when the bank manager reminded him that writing a check against an already over- drawn account would not solve anything, and, in fact, would make matters worse!
So it is that the Obama-Pelosi-Reid financial mobster gang would like to buy votes by using an account (federal budget) that, because of excessive spending by Democrats, is already ensnared in deep red.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101019/ap_on_bi_ge/us_social_security_bonus
