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Raising The Traditional And Early Retirement Ages Will Mean Extending Workers' Taxable Earning Years, Fueling Economic Growth And Putting A Dent In Our Unfunded-liabilities Crisis By Delaying Payouts.

At The Dawn Of His Administration, President Obama Opined: 'a Democracy Requires Accountability, And Accountability Requires Transparency.' Magical Rays Of White-hot Sunlight Emanated From His Media-manufactured Halo. And Then Bureaucratically Engineered Darkness Settled Over The Land.

Washington Is Gripped By Crab-in-the-bucket Syndrome. And There's No Cure In Sight. Put A Single Crab In An Uncovered Bucket, And It Will Find A Way To Climb Up And Out On Its Own. Put A Dozen Crabs In A Bucket, And 11 Will Fight With All Their Might To Pull Down The Striver Who Attempts Escape.

The Truly Bold Thing For Obama To Do Would Be To Tell The Panic-mongers And Boondoggle-seekers To Shove It, And To Tell Taxpayers To Ride Out The Rest Of The Tough Times While He Gets Washington's Own Economic House In Order.

Contrary To The Belief That Obama Is America's Lightworker Who Can Defy Political Gravity, H.r. 1, The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009, Guarantees More Of The Same Old Borrow-spend-panic-repeat Cycle That Got Us Into Our Current Mess In The First Place.