[kevkrom]

Amazingly childish rant for someone so above it all

Funny, I thought it was just an analogy. Did it hit a nerve?

In case you can't read anything but your cut and paste shaman predictions

99% of the things I post on these threads are typed in directly in response to someone else. I did, once upon a time, have a cut-and-paste library to refute some of the blantantly false comments repeatedly posted by people such as lewislynn, but since he's stopped making those assertions, I deleted my files.

I choose to work on things which are just as important but which can be achieved.

That was Social Security reform, right? Where's the legislation (draft or submitted) for that? Who are the sponsors or potential co-sponsors? If you think playing with "the third rail of politics" is easier than reforming the income tax system, I have to assume you've made some pretty good progress to say that what you want can be achieved when the NRST, with already over 40 co-sponsors (including some moderate Democrats) is just "mental masturbation", as you so colorfully put it.

[kevkrom]

BTW, I'm all in favor of Social Security reform -- I just have the opposite perception -- I think it's a much more difficult task to significantly reform Social Security than it is to significantly reform the tax code.

If you do have a good proposal underway, I would still be interested in working with it in addition the the NRST, so links or adding me to bump-lists would be appreciated.

[Protagoras]

Funny, I thought it was just an analogy. Did it hit a nerve?

Add that to a long list of things you thought be weren't so. It was childish, born out of frustration over being exposed. The nerve it hit was yours.

[Protagoras]

Where's the legislation (draft or submitted) for that? Who are the sponsors or potential co-sponsors?

You are the cut and paste guy, go do your google search and you will find lots of proposed legislation, over decades, over most of the political spectrum, from both parties, which addresses the problem. It's clear that both main parties think it's a problem that needs to be addressed.

If you think playing with "the third rail of politics" is easier than reforming the income tax system,

Third rail? LOL, who's the coward now? The founders would be so proud of you!

with already over 40 co-sponsors (including some moderate Democrats) is just "mental masturbation", as you so colorfully put it.

This is rich. You would be lucky to get half of the sponsers to vote for it if it came to a real vote today. They would back track faster than a nimrod on the trail.

It will never get out of committee and they know it, as usual, they get to have it both ways. The oldest trick in the book.