Comments on: Garamendi Town Hall

By: Judi Byrnes

Judi Byrnes — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:50:58 +0000

Please let me know when John Garamendi is going to have a town hall meeting near or around Carmichael CA. I would love to hear him speak, and would like it to be near my home.

Thank You
Judi Byrnes

By: BGR

BGR — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:17:08 +0000

Yeah, a $200+ Billion annual deficit for Medicare is nothing for a government program. What’s to worry? Sound thinking George. Please send more.

By: George Fulmore

George Fulmore — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:56:11 +0000

Is this a news article or an editorial? Seems like there are biased comments at the end, more like an editorial. Anyway, Mediare is NOT bankrupt. It is not supposed to have assets, like individuals or corporations. It is meant to be funded by various sources, including the premiums that Medicare enrollees pay for Part B ($94/mo) and the 1.3%, or whatever it is, of the payroll tax. In 2009, Medicare will be fully funded for the year except for about $200 billion, I think. That is not bad for a public service program of its magnitude.
What IS bankrupt are our two wars and our military operations and support. There is simply NO tax-income offset for this spending. What we have been doing before, under George W. Bush, has been to simply borrow the money and add it to the deficit. It is the wars and the miliary that have created and continue to add to our deficit, not Medicare or Social Security.

By: jon, alameda county

jon, alameda county — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:24:02 +0000

I just read a post on Political Blotter that Livermore Lady brought up. Take it from someone who was at the John Garemendi townhall. From what I heard – he said that he didn’t read the entire healthcare bill. Hedid say that he read key summaries. Walter’s question received applause from people at the meeting. This was after Garemendi told people not to do so, which I though was kinda odd. If people approved of his position, I doubt he would have told them not to clap.

By: BGR

BGR — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:10:19 +0000

Garamendi’s Dear Diary account of the Town Hall.

http://calitics.com/diary/10491/my-first-town-hall-as-a-congressman