Sherifview Journal the Federal Debt Ceiling Agreement August-3-2011

The agreement to raise the Federal debt ceiling relieved lot of pain. The policy of brinkmanship is bad policy. The American people are to blame because they should have anticipated such crises when they handed the Republicans super-super majority in the house.
Obama did not stress over and over that he will not sacrifice the low and middle class regarding any cuts or dil

ution of Social Security and Medicare. At one time he seemed content to raise the minimum age eligibility of Medicare to 67 gradually so to cushion such severe blow to people. This was unacceptable and gross betrayal for lot of adversely affected people.
Miraculously so to speak any drastic measures regarding Social Security and Medicare were averted.
Obama should work hard to explain every thing to the American people and especially to the low and middle income seniors through town hall meetings.
Obama should have the courage to call for raising the social security and Medicare contributions deducted from the payrolls. Such approach is the only viable one to save the system before the baby boomers turn to be seniors who claim social security and Medicare benefits a’-mass.
Newspapers and web sites headlines
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_18600793?source=rss
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/01/debt-ceiling-deal-reached_n_905841.html
http://rt.com/news/obama-republicans-debt-deal/
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/31/reid-says-hes-okd-debt-deal/
Video
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/01/us-debt-crisis-deal-reached-obama
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/07/obama-boehner-announce-agreement-to-raise-debt-ceiling-avoid-default.html
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_18600793?source=rss
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/debt-compromise-is-just-first-step-says-obama/?partner=rss&emc=rss
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7371754n