They're kidding, right?

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is calling for THE PEOPLE to write in about what they would cut from the budget.

However, they don't really want to know.  Their snide comment about what they don't want to hear is below.

Now, before anyone dashes off a memo saying, "Scrap earmarks for the Trinity River Vision" or "End all family-planning subsidies," here are the parameters:

Any cuts you recommend must affect you personally. Are you willing to give up the mortgage deduction on your vacation home? How about paying Social Security taxes on more of your wages and working longer before collecting benefits? Will you share more of the costs for your prescription drugs or your federal pension?

Now we usually don't engage or promote name-calling, but we have to ask, WHAT moron thinks the Trinity River Vision doesn't personally affect them?  If you live in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, United States of America - YOU are affected.  You're footing the entire bill, and that's just for starters.  Do we have to remind you we are running out of water?  The Tarrant Regional Water District is too busy losing law suits in Oklahoma, taking private property by eminent domain, promoting floating in a highly toxic river and dumping OUR money into the TRV to be concerned with things like WATER.

This just goes to show how out of touch some of the "news" is.  This isn't the first time they've told their customers they don't want to hear about the Trinity River Vision.  WHY would that be?  We're working on other out of touch examples, YOU won't want to miss them.