Simpson was the co-chair of the commission President Obama appointed in 2010 to look at ways to fix our deficit problem. The recommendations of the commission were instantly ignored.
Last year, Sen. Simpson compared Social Security to a milk cow with 310 million teats. He also called America's senior citizens the "greediest generation."
This letter points out that Sen. Simpson himself, along with many other career politicians, has spent his life sucking on the taxpayer's teat.
We have no idea if the letter is real, but we imagine it captures the feelings of many Americans as they watch their dysfunctional government drive the country ever-deeper into a hole by making decisions that seem designed only to get them re-elected.
Given the extent of our current financial problems, some government leaders at some point are going to have to break promises made to Americans by their government predecessors--predecessors who made promises they knew they couldn't keep.
The politicians could make this news go down a bit easier if they imposed the consequences of some of these broken promises on themselves.
Here's the text of the supposed letter to Mr. Simpson. We've edited out some adjectives and expletives.
Hey Alan, let's get a few things straight...
1. As a career politician, you have been on the public tit for FIFTY YEARS.
2. I have been paying Social Security taxes for 48 YEARS (since I was 15 years old. I am now 63).
3. My Social Security payments, and those of millions of other Americans, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for decades until you decided to raid the account and give OUR money to a bunch of zero ambition losers in return for votes, thus bankrupting the system and turning Social Security into a Ponzi scheme that would have made Bernie Madoff proud.
4. Recently, just like Lucy & Charlie Brown, you pulled the proverbial football away from millions of American seniors nearing retirement and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to age 67. NOW, you are proposing to move the goalposts YET AGAIN.
5 I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying into Medicare from Day One, and now you propose to change the rules of the game.. Why? Because you mismanaged other parts of the economy to such an extent that you need to steal money from Medicare to pay the bills.
6. I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying income taxes our entire lives, and now you propose to increase our taxes yet again. Why? Because you spent our money so profligately that you just kept on spending even after you ran out of money. Now, you come to the American taxpayers and say you need more to pay off YOUR debt.
To add insult to injury, you label us "greedy" for calling bs on your incompetence. Well, now I have a few questions for YOU.
1. How much money have you earned from the American taxpayers during your 50-year political career?
2. At what age did you retire from your political career, and how much are you receiving in annual retirement benefits from the American taxpayers?
3. How much do you pay for YOUR government provided health insurance?
4. What cuts in YOUR retirement and healthcare benefits are you proposing in your disgusting deficit reduction proposal, or, as usual, have you exempted yourself and your political cronies?
It is you and Congress who are the "greedy" ones. It is you who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream from millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers. And for what? Votes. You have bankrupted America for the sole purpose of advancing your political careers. You know it, we know it, and you know that we know it.
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For Manchester City, money might as well be water.
You take it for granted and you end up wasting a lot of it.
The English side has thrown millions of dollars at countless players over the years, and don't have much on-field success to show for it.
Yet, it hasn't changed the club's approach, and it seems like Man City is ready to make a splash, and are looking at the world's best club to do so.
Per Tribal Football:
City boss Roberto Mancini has been told it will cost him £45m to lure Barcelona superstar Villa to Eastlands, says the Daily Star.
Villa is one of several targets on Roberto Mancini’s list as he plans for the departure of rebel Carlos Tevez.
The Manchester City boss reckons the Spanish World Cup winner would be a huge hit in the Premier League.
Somehow I doubt this move will ever actually go down.
Barcelona is not going to break up a club that has just won the Spanish crown and the European title in the same season, not even if the funds would allow the club to increase its bid for Cesc Fabregas.
Manchester City has high hopes after Carlos Tevez asked out of town, but Barcelona isn't one of those clubs who makes drastic moves just because another squad happens to put a lot of money on the table for a top player.
David Villa is a perfect fit for Barcelona, and Manchester City is just trying to make a splash for the sake of doing so.
That isn't the way to run a club, and there is a reason that City hasn't been able to consistently compete with England's top squads.
You need to build a team by making moves that compliment the rest of your roster. Clubs like City and Real Madrid make moves without considering how everything fits together, and then the results on the pitch suffer.
City will try and land Villa, but it will be a fruitless effort.
In the end, Tevez will likely stay in Manchester, and Barcelona will cling tight to Villa as they prepare to make another run on the world's biggest stages.
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