{"id":4475,"date":"2011-07-22T03:46:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T07:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4475"},"modified":"2011-07-21T17:02:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T21:02:41","slug":"childrens-author-diane-hanny-what-is-going-on-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/childrens-author-diane-hanny-what-is-going-on-in-washington","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s author Diane Hanny: What is going on in Washington?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Children&#8217;s author Diane Hanny says she&#8217;s confused about the budget talks and debt-limit debate:<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What is going on in Washington, DC?\u00a0 Our leaders can\u2019t seem to agree on anything, except that we have a money problem.\u00a0 People laughed when Donald Trump said he was running for President of the United States.\u00a0\u00a0 However, he is an excellent\u00a0 businessman, and that might be just what we need.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I don\u2019t know much about politics, so forgive me if I make foolish comments regarding such things.\u00a0 I thought I was a strong Republican, \u00a0until I found out that they want to cut Medicare and Social Security.\u00a0 Then they want to continue to give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and special interest groups.\u00a0 My husband and I live on Social Security.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t make sense to me, make the rich richer and the poor poorer.\u00a0\u00a0 I guess if you are rich that works for you, but not for most Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/2011\/07\/washington-blues.html#ixzz1SZfIJbTH\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children&#8217;s author Diane Hanny says she&#8217;s confused about the 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