tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post832314400495480693..comments2024-03-27T11:22:03.840-04:00Comments on Ramona's Voices: Tightening the Belts of 80-year-oldsRamona Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-79106849586653936042009-01-28T20:56:00.000-05:002009-01-28T20:56:00.000-05:00Thanks for your excellent comments, Neena. I thou...Thanks for your excellent comments, Neena. I thought at my age that nothing would shock me anymore, but the story about the Alaska vets was disturbing on so many levels. . .<BR/><BR/>Let's hope selfishness and complacency have gone the way of the Bushies, and we find our sense of obligation and decency again.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-26359155320710373642009-01-27T21:40:00.000-05:002009-01-27T21:40:00.000-05:00Hi, What a great read. Our Nation doesn't take car...Hi, What a great read. Our Nation doesn't take care of our Seniors with the respect due to them and especially for those protecting our country. I heard about this group when I was visiting Alaska and now to hear this, went off the scale for awful. But especially to take this off the table, in their 80s, goes beyond that well known "pale."<BR/>But then one has to ask the question on what is the role of government. I was listening today here in the Republican stronghold of Arizona. Long story, short. Our Governor, Democrat, Janet Napolitano left to be part of the Obama Team and Secretary of Homeland Security and she also left a Budget Impasse with the deficits running into the billions. And the newly sworn in Governor wants to slash spending and where will that impact: Programs for Seniors, Feeding Programs, Health Programs for Children and Education. So the lecture goes thus: Should all the programs be cut so the budget is fiscally conservative and sound or raise taxes, so that these programs can serve the public. <BR/>This same argument one hears at all levels of government these days.<BR/>And we have a new President saying that he wants an inclusive government for all Americans<BR/>and where will be the balance in meeting the needs of every-day Americans trying to rear a family and those Senior Citizens that have contributed a lifetime of paying taxes and investing in the American Dream, only to see it disappear,<BR/><BR/>NeenaNeenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11174441907546246052noreply@blogger.com