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ecib  ·  4816 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Fred Wilson: US Deficit Reduction
>The government needs to focus on convincing the public first, then they can take care of the rest.

Yeah, but as soon as you try and convince the public of something, you're taking a stand. The Dems know that if they do that they are opening themselves up to political attack from the Republicans. I'm sure they'd love to do what they feel is right on this and a number of issues, they just don't want to do that if it means they might have to get a new job in a couple years. Their integrity only runs so deep. Same goes for the Repubs.

>This article made me worried about my retirement, and my financial situation.

Oh no! I wouldn't get too worked up about it. If the situation gets too bad they'll do something, they'll just wait until the people wise up and get so angry about the issue that they start voting them out. Right now though, there are too many people susceptible to having the 'national defense' card played on them.

Collectively, as a people, we get what we put into our Democracy. As it stands, Americans say they care about corruption, and out of control spending, but in reality they really don't. They don't take the time to educate themselves about the issues, we'd rather watch American Idol or something. We're lazy and uninformed, and because of that we allow corrupt people to govern us. I'll say this though, even if Americans took voting more seriously, we'd still have a tough time fighting through all of the lies, spin, propaganda, and money that the special interest groups and lobbyists are throwing at our representatives and at us through the media. It never ceases to amaze me how many Americans vote against their own interest...