Alan Simpson: Social Security Is Like a "Milk Cow with 310 Million Tits!"

cbsnews ^ | August 25, 2010 | Stephanie Condon

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Liberals and groups in favor of preserving Social Security are calling for the co-chair of President Obama's deficit commission to resign after he said in an e-mail that Social Security is "a milk cow with 310 million tits."

In a letter responding to criticisms against him from a group representing older women, former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson wrote that he has "spent many years in public life trying to stabilize" Social Security. However, he wrote, "Yes, I've made some plenty smart cracks about people on Social Security who milk it to the last degree. You know 'em too. It's the same with any system in America. We've reached a point now where it's like a milk cow with 310 million tits!...."

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Simpson would have been more accurate had he said Social Security was a huge milk bucket being filled by 310 million tits.