….The call was from the College Republicansâ?? national office, asking me if Iâ??d join the campaign to tell President Barack Obama to quit his reckless spending, saddling future generations with trillions of dollars of debt.
When I said “no,” but Iâ??d join a campaign to tell the president to bring the troops home from the wars and use the hundreds of billions weâ??re spending there to pay for a national health care plan, the telemarketer hung up.
The countryâ??s disconnect is frustrating. College Republicans, old Republicans and a lot of Democrats and independents as well get all lathered up over plans to spend money so that 45 million Americans are at least minimally covered by health insurance, but they canâ??t be bothered to even think about the nearly trillion dollars weâ??ve already thrown down the rat hole weâ??ve created in the Middle East.