Hi all.  Just checking in and catching up on what has transpired today.  Today was my Weight Watcher&#39;s meeting and weigh-in, then off to the grocery store.  Then my son and grandson came by to deliver some pastry things I had ordered from Scotty&#39;s school fund raiser.  Even though he was in a hurry, he did take the chance to sit and talk to me for a bit.  I have concerns as I found out yesterday that I will become a mother-in-law in 12 days and it really isn&#39;t the ideal situation as far as his father and I are concerned. <br /><br />I agree that we should act like adults but it is a fact that we are going to disagree about the situation our country is in and what got us there.  I also agree with Robert that I wish we could fire all of Congress and start over.  It is just my opinion, but it seems that one party is big on income redistribution, forcing banks to give home loans to people who can not afford to pay them back and penalizing people for working hard and making a good living, while rewarding those who do not want to put so much into it.  I used to be a member of that party but became quite disillusioned with those beliefs.  I believe if you earn it, you should keep it, that you should not be buying things you cannot afford to pay for and there should not be regulations nor laws that allow you to do so, that it is hypocritical to believe that it is fine to kill innocent unborn babies, yet &quot;inhumane&quot; to sentence murderers to death.  I do not believe that banks, insurance companies, car manufacturers or any other industry, should be rewarded over and over for bad business practices.  I think they are screwing the American public as much as congress is right now.  And they will keep showing up with their hands out,because they keep getting hand outs. The &#036;70,000 amount came from a story on our local news, breaking down what this plan would mean to the average citizen.  While I rarely discuss income, I can say that my husband does make more than &#036;250,000 a year and he works hard for it.  I take issue with having to pay more to make up for some plan that does not even make sense.  I know the idea is that we are going to spend our way out of debt.  I don&#39;t have debt and I shouldn&#39;t have to pay it for those who are irresponsible.  We already pay an outrageous amount of taxes so now we will get penalized for Greg working like a dog to insure financial security for us.  I haven&#39;t done the research but I heard that Nancy Pelosi wants to raise taxes on retirement and capital gains so we can pay for programs for illegal alliens - if given the ability to fire our politicians, I think I would start with her&#33;&#33;&#33;  Whew, glad I got that off my chest - for a well endowed gal, there isn&#39;t room for much else&#33;&#33;&#33;