Posted on 12/07/2004 8:23:09 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
While saving Social Security became a familiar mantra on the campaign trail, President Bush and members of Congress now actually face the prospect of handling real legislation for reform, and politicians are already lining up along party lines for a fight.
"This is going to be one of the hottest issues of the year," said Peter Ferrara, director of the Club for Growth’s Project on Social Security. "We have to do something before the [midterm] election."
Getting started on the topic, 16 congressional leaders met Monday with Bush to discuss the alternatives being offered by lawmakers and to consider what kind of proposal the White House will make regarding the big Social Security fix.
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If this SS reform is anything like the intelligence reform, it will be something just as worthless. Do you suppose they will even entertain the idea of getting rid of the totalization agreement with Mexico to give full SS benefits to illegals?
indeed, keep your eyes open for that - and for tax increases that will be part of the "reform".
E. J. Dione sait right on the Sunday mornig talk show. " Why would the Democrats want to make more Republicans ?"
If I'd been building an account ($150k current FICA account) since 1972 in the private sector, it'd be worth over a million today.
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