You definitely have to include John Paul the Great. He gave us the Catechism of the Catholic Church which I didn't think was necessary until Francis came along.
It's the shutdown stupid and the cost of healthcare is the reason. It's not a solution but they will just borrow more. Kick the can down the road. And the cost of living will continue to go up. The real solution is to just promise more free stuff and they will continue to buy it no matter how...
I can only guess but I do remember a thread I started about common ground. I was trying to list the things that most of use would agree with. No one was interested and most didn't want to admit that they agreed on anything especially with a Catholic.
I agree with this but most of the guys went along with it. Two incomes with no kids was the new American dream. The only problem was no grandchildren. No one warned us about that.
It was 20 years ago but It was my first experience with any forum so I would remember. For you I was just another Catholic causing trouble. We did have a nice exchange but others would jump in and disrupt it.
If you add social security to medicare, you get 50% of the budget or 36K per year per senior.
I don't think that is reasonable or justified since we didn't raise enough kids to pay the bill.