We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/09/townhall_sitrep.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:14:16 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I don't know how many of our regular readers have attended townhalls this season, but I thought I'd let you know how mine went... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/09/townhall_sitrep.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/09/townhall_sitrep.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:46:34 -0600 “We put those payroll contributions there so as to give the contributors a legal, moral, and political right to collect their pensions and their unemployment benefits. With those taxes in there, no damn politician can ever scrap my social security program”
President Franklin Roosevelt recalling why social security
was based on payroll contributions, 1941 While Roosevelt may have simply been cementing a political monument, he had the right idea for its longevity.  Once integrated into that gargantuan behemoth we call the tax code, removing any bill, much less one as virulently invasive as state-run healthcare (anyone else tired of the "public option" euphemism?), becomes such a daunting task even Sisyphus would prefer his own.  State-run health will share the persistence of Social Security and Medicare just as much as it will share their financial stability.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/09/townhall_sitrep.html#comment-92885 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/09/townhall_sitrep.html#comment-92885 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:39:38 -0600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/09/townhall_sitrep.html#comment-92854 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/09/townhall_sitrep.html#comment-92854 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:33:59 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/09/townhall_sitrep.html#comment-92830 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/09/townhall_sitrep.html#comment-92830 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:10:47 -0600
I don't have a dog in this fight.

Was anything covered besides healthcare or is that the whole point?
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I've had the opportunity to sit down with him one on one a couple of times in DC, (even though he's not my Rep) and he's been a good man to have on the side of Veterans, particularly the recent GI Bill Legislation.

And........he's smart enough not to grab the biggest, best looking donut on the plate at breakfast.





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