July 15, 2011 journal, Senator Jim Demint is hypocritical in his new book 2 awful years. Has been Republicans have a short memory that George W. Bush started the wars which cost 4 trillion dollars to be added to our debt taking us over the hill into the twilight zone. He started writing his book in 2007 so how could he know without being a prophet how it would go. I will say this administration inherited the highest debt in history of the world. The war has been a total waste of lives and artificial money which becomes real to us all The fox has been in charge of the hen house and now one Fox has had his teeth bashed in. The government and the people of America are being held hostage now by Republicans, refusing to increase the budget deficit without heavy cuts in Social Security & Medicare, although the military is the big budget buster but will never be in consideration on either side because they consider the military budget as sacred even though the real enemy is obscure among us. Peddling of fear is still their agenda to shake down all the taxpayers. Now the major banks are saying they will rewrite their foreclosure procedures, too late! Standup America and reject the artificial Rothschild debt that binds us as slaves. American empire days are over just like a machine wears out or an animal dies of old age. Wisdom would be to stop foreign aid to every country and especially to imitation Israel. America faces a financial dilemma just like the people of New Orleans during Katrina as no food or essentials were available for love or money. It is the chaos on top of the money that is the real problem America faces today and there is no empire cure on the horizon. You are about to see a real revival when people crowd the churches for food and shelter. It is a disgrace that a foreign hostile people have invaded America predestined Antichrist. I pray for American people and the Church that the blinders will be removed although it is fixed in place by The God Almighty from the beginning of time when he created all things. "Social Security cuts under consideration by the White House in deficit-reduction talks would drive 245,000 people into poverty and lower widows' benefits $1,200 a year by 2050, according to Social Security Administration calculations provided to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Changing the way inflation is measured to determine Social Security benefits is one option on the table in high-stakes budget negotiations that resume Sunday at the White House. The so-called Chained Consumer Price Index on average results in a lower inflation levels than the more common formula used to adjust benefits. "The result would be devastating cuts for millions of American seniors and people with disabilities," said Sanders. As chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, Sanders asked the Social Security Administration's Office of Retirement Policy to calcu-late the impact on poverty rates and benefits if the revised inflation gauge were to be adopted. In 2030, according to the report prepared for Sanders, there would be 173,400 more people living in poverty in the United States. The revised formula also would dram-atically lower benefits for retirees. Widows would receive almost $70 a month less in benefits, a reduction of $840 a year. People who are 70-79 would receive $49 a month less, a drop of $588 a year. Benefits for those who are 80-89 would drop by $80/month or $960 a year. Benefits for women would fall by 3.5 percent overall while men's benefits would drop by 2.9 percent. By 2050, the impact would be much worse. There would be 245,000 more people living in poverty at mid-century. Widows' benefits would be $1,200 a year less. Those 70-79 would lose $720 a year, seniors in the 80-89 age bracket would see benefits fall by $1,200 a year. Overall, women would see a 4 percent reduction in benefits while benefits for men would drop 3.4 percent".--