Whose Ox will get gored

There much for all Americans to think about in the coming months.  Below is a quote that appears in today's NY Times.  Yes, the Republicans did a great job in creating a movement called the Tea Party.  That was the handy work of Dick Armey.  Now they control the House here's what Mr. Boehner has to say:

“Beginning in January, the House is going to become the outpost in Washington for the American people and their desire for a smaller, less costly and more accountable government,” said Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the incoming House speaker.

“I will tell you,” he added, “we are going to cut spending.”
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OK, this is wonderful.  Let's see where they start with spending cuts.  For 50 years Republicans have wanted to gut Social Security and Medicare.  They say they don't, but they really do.  They've tried to privatize SS, which had they been successful the recent recession would have decimated the program.  They just have a real aversion to any program(s) that help people; regular old Americans.  They are all about subsidies for mega-corporations that have no business being subsidized, like the nuclear industry, the farm industry, the oil industry.  These industries have been around for decades.  Why do they need you and me to subsidize them?

I guess that's obvious.  Why spend your own money when you can spend taxpayer dollars.  Frankly, the D's are just as bad in many regards.  They, too, bow at the feet of the corporations and have no problem handing over your money to them in exchange for some of it coming back to them so they can run for re-election.

On one level I agree with Boehner.  We should cut government spending and the first place we should look is corporate subsidies.  The next place is the military.  The last place we should look is at programs that help the weak, the sick and the poor, but rest assured that'll be the first place Boehner will look.  And while he

eviscerates programs that help people, I'll bet he won't even shed a tear, which will be quite an accomplishment for a guy who cries at the drop of hat...a rich man's hat.