Now pull the other one....................from Rico

No, this is NOT about who wears 'blue' neckties or 'red' ones. Arguing Democrat (C) vs. Republican (D) today is like choosing between the Bloods or the Crips (who happen to use the same gang colors btw) or which gang is less criminal.
- They are both part and parcel of the same problem.

It IS about Government OVER the People, and not Government OF the People.
- The Government IS the problem.

The Federal Government has just announced a 1.7% COLA adjustment for 2015.
- Cost Of Living Adjustment is predicated on the 'official' rate of inflation (which does not include food, energy, or anything much that the People need) and caps increases to military pay and Social Security payments...but it has a LOT to do with how much it costs to finance the debt of the Government which spends roughly twice what it harvests in taxes [for "progressives" read: it keeps the national mortgage payment so low it will never be paid off).

Figured the 'old' way (pre-1992) without accounting gimmicks or politics, the REAL rate of inflation was 9.4% and NOT the fraudulent 'official' rate of 1.7%.
- The difference, or spread, between the two is what the Federal Government SAVES and what the rabble (aka the People) get rammed up their ass.

Does anyone (Joe the Plumber is excused from answering, since he already 'got' it) still 'think' that the Government is their friend, and the answer/solution to all things?
- If you DO, then you have graduated from Obamabot to "ready for Hillary" and are certifiably brain dead.
- For the REST of us: Now pull the other one, it plays "Jingle Bells."