The Biggest Threat

To America

To the Editor:

The “empty suits” and “pant loads” in Washington have stolen from the Social Security trust fund for decades to fund their “pet projects.” Why do both parties in Washington continue to reference social security as an entitlement? “We the People,” whom have been paying into this fund, have earned the benefit. It is a social insurance program and has been one of the most successful, effective, and popular programs in this country. Social Security benefits are modest at best. It is a safety net that needs to be funded properly and not stolen from. I am all for cutting “entitlement programs.”

Let’s start by reigning in or, better yet, cutting “entitlement spending.” It’s small potatoes, but let’s start with Washington and how it overpays itself! Let’s cut the lifetime health benefits and lifetime salaries. This “entitlement spending” far exceeds any value that “We the People” receive from the work our elected officials perform. There is very little productiveness coming out of Washington. Change will never come to the greater good for all Americans when Washington lives and plays by a different set of rules. Washington is more interested in what it can take rather than what it can give. Why are “We the People” still incurring expenses for past Presidents? Do they not get a big enough pension? Are the book deals and speaking engagements not enough? It is time to end the gravy train. Enough is enough! Since leaving office, four surviving presidents have cost the taxpayer millions. Why don’t the “pant loads” start cutting first from within? They feel no pain!

Moving on, let’s cut that bloated, ridiculously redundant defense budget! Where is fiscal responsibility on defense spending? This country spends as much on defense as the next largest 5, 10, 15, 20 ... countries combined. You pick the number! There always seems to be money for the war mongers on defense spending. Washington, don’t tell “We the People” that you need to spend every dollar that you do for defense! Billions are unaccounted for in the wars this country has been waging for years. Where is it? Where did it go? Where is the accountability? Our current military system does more to create hostility and danger than it does to contain it. It is quite obvious that the military is the biggest piglet sucking at the government teat! The military industrial complex is entrenched and we need to stop trying to liberate these foreign dust-holes! You can add one more thing to the “empty suits” and “pant loads” that occupy Washington.. they have no cajones to do what is right for America, but want to hold sacred the incredible excesses! The biggest threat to America isn’t a foreign country or its people. It’s the spiraling debt caused by Washington!

Rich Narel

18 Philo Curtis Road, Sandy Hook                 September 4, 2012