The Greedy Rich

This is the kind of thing that makes me mad as hell -- and I think it should make all Americans mad. This rich jerk (and many of his Wall Street and corporate compadres) thinks people who depend on Social Security and Medicare for what little they get should have their benefits cut. He says the government can't afford it, in spite of the fact that these people paid into the system (through Payroll taxes) all of their working lives. The average Social Security benefit (which he wants to cut) is a paltry $1000 a month.

But he makes many millions of dollars each year, and his company makes billions (in pure profit) while paying few or no taxes -- and yet he doesn't mind his company getting corporate "welfare" to the tune of billions in tax exemptions, subsidies, and bailouts (while handing out excessive bonuses to managerial employees).

How is this fair? Why should we cut benefits for people who paid into the system all of their working lives, and continue government giveaways to companies making billions in profits? Frankly, I don't understand how this greedy bastard (and his CEO buddies who agree with him) can stand to look in the mirror each morning. Do they not have even a shred of morality, common decency, and shame?