What constitutes your "first paragraph"? :)

Look, I know our country's financial state has been a rapidly ticking debt bomb since the Reagan Administration started wracking up huge deficits. I have vivid memories of voicing my concern to indifferent co-workers back in 84-85, and I subsequently joined The Concord Coalition as it was the only way I could make my voice heard on what I felt was an incredibly important issue. Simply put, I'm not new to this. And going forward, as I'm sure you know, the demographics are working mightily against us, GM. We're getting older, and that will entail a hell of a lot of more resources to care for an aging population, many of whom have not adequately saved for their not so golden years. Given our limited resources, our country will have to make extremely hard choices. The current debt ceiling issue is but an entry point for many Americans into what should be sober and comprehensive debate on how we are going to move forward. What do we value? What is realistic? Etc.The overriding point of my initial post was that so many Americans vote against what is in their best interest. Why would any non-millionaire prefer to excessively cut entitlements rather than increase the taxes on that tiny minority who has done so incredibly well during the past decade?

Peter