Congressional leaders and those in the White House: We gave you a ton of money to run the country; you squandered it.
You spent it all, then borrowed even more from the likes of China, thereby incurring huge interest payments that our grandchildren will be paying for decades to come.
Then, using this borrowed money, you started a war with a country (Iraq), which had done us no harm, nor was it a threat to the USA.
The military/industrial complex smiled hugely, since for 10 years they have made obscene profits.
Then to please the lobbyist ? those who lined your pockets ? you gave even more of that borrowed money to the banks, Wall Street and the investment houses.
Now your pockets are turned out. So what is your solution?
You want to reach into our pockets to take our money from our Social Security retirement accounts to continue your wild spending.
You folks are worse than a bunch of drunken sailors on shore leave after a nine-month deployment. This is not your money; This is our money, so hands off!
We seniors are watching and we seniors are a huge voting block.
You can bet your (our) bottom dollar, that if you pick our pockets, our voting will reflect our rage ? and, you can take that to the bank.
Onward OWS.
Miguel Lanigan
Clearlake Oaks
