Congressman Grimm says there's 'room for compromise' on the 'Fiscal Cliff' Negotiations --- He would change Social Security into another welfare entitlement only for those "who need it" --- Oh, and there's something on Immigration "...Amnesty"

The local Tea Parties and other conservative-minded organizations need to take "Backsliding-Mike" Grimm to the woodshed and show him the error of his ways  ---  "Compromise" is how we got into this mess   --- including the fact that there is a fiscal cliff.

According to   Tom Wrobleski/Staten in the  Island Advance, 11/25/12,   GOP Rep. Michael Grimm said there's room for compromise in order to put the economy on solid footing and that "The short-term fix is not that difficult.... Everything should be on the table...." Grimm said.  "The president says he wants revenue on the table. Let's see what we can get for that.....  The Democrats have to put up something, some plan," Grimm said, adding that he's  "open to anything [that] doesn't end up screwing the American people in the end."

Grimm has some ideas of his own like this:  "some type of 'needs test' for government entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, 'The less money you have and the sicker you are, the more you get,' Grimm said, adding that "...[t]he wealthier and healthier you are, the less you get."  According to Grimm,  some wealthier and healthier Americans "don't need a full boat of Medicare.... If you don't need it, you shouldn't get it. 

In other words, Grimm wants to change Social Security and medicare into another poor person's welfare program and pay for it by a tax on those who won't get to use it.  Is that Grimm's version of  the "conservative" solution to the problem? I sure as hell hope not.

Grimm also wants to change the immigration laws so that immigrants that are already here illegally  be given a "realistic, humane and very fair" pathway to citizenship. However, Grimm said he opposes outright amnesty.  Yeah, right !

The various "Tea Parties"  in Brooklyn and Staten Island need to scrutinize this guy quickly; and if he don't come up with some right answers fast, slap him up the side of his head even faster.