text: I am closing in on age 65 myself but fail to see why seniors deserve across-the-board tax breaks..."to take their grandkids to a concert." Really? If they can afford that, they don't need a tax break. But lots of non-seniors could use some meaningful help. 
  
  I can almost guarantee that more health spending will just boost health salaries again, without changing the system or ensuring timely, quality care. There is so much needed, and such a slim chance it will actually be done.
  
  To all those partisan liberals and conservatives out there, your loyalty may be admirable...or simply incredible. Both parties got us into this financial and ethical mess. Please stop saying that left is good or right is good - the few who deserve our trust are in all parties. Personal integrity is a far more useful and enduring quality in politics than party affiliation.