Bush and Paulson want to meddle with Medicare and Social Security

So tell me...how is it that we can mysteriously pull money from the sky for failed wars that have nothing to do with the real war on terror yet it's time to have bi-partisan agreement on cutting Medicare and Social Security? Of course this is a partisan shot-across-the-bow and Paulson hasn't even passed through the Senate yet, so how exactly is this reaching out in a bipartisan way? How about focusing on the problems of that beast before tampering with critical social programs that Americans rely on? The only problem with those programs is the continued assault on those programs by the GOP.

I don't know who Paulson has been talking with in the posh boardrooms of Goldman Sachs, but on Main Street USA, what I hear people talking about is the criminally high health insurance costs. I hear about people with terminal and long term health care issues who receive notices from their insurance company that they have hit their life time maximum payout and are scrambling to find solutions. I hear families talk about paying hundreds of dollars up to $1,000+ per month for crap insurance with high deductibles. I hear people wonder why corporate executives are showered with perks, benefits and mega payouts while their own benefits are being cut to the bone, funding those programs for the select few.

Overseas, I hear American expats wonder why the US still demands filing and paying taxes (even more now thanks to Republican Senator Grassley) when they don't live there while American companies move their corporate offices overseas and get a free ride, something which is virtually impossible for individual citizens to do.

So is Main Street USA living in a bubble or is it Paulson and Bush?