Writes Jim May: It seems to me that the budget deficit/national debt issue boils down to two things.  You have AARP with Social Security and Medicare in one corner and the War Machine/Israel/Religious Right in the other corner.  SS/M is a huge future drain on the system and the War Machine is a huge current drain on the system.  Politicians must have AARP’s vote numbers and volunteerism to win and they must have the War Machine’s money to win.  If hyperinflation is the one thing no politician can deal with, a choice is going to have to be made.  By … Continue reading AARP vs. the War Machine