Bush To Take Social Security Debate To American People

mens news daily ^ | January 27, 2005 | Jeff Gannon

[Grendel9]

We already know the young adults are in favor of
having their own private accounts. Seniors who
are guaranteed their monthly allotments shouldn't
have a thing to say about the plan. Any 35-45
year old should also be interested in participating
at least part of the deduction. Personally, I see no
negatives to this plan. I'd have bought into it
when I was young. Instead, I had to pay SS PLUS
set aside part of my income for retirement. I did
it, and so did a lot of other people. SS just helps
pay the utilities. Any idiot who ever thought he
could quit working at 62-65 and live on SS was mentally
akilter! But then, there are quite a few seniors
working at Walmart and the Jewel Stores.

[My2Cents]

Did my own calculation. Thanks to Social Security, I can expect to live in poverty when I'm 65, instead of being a millionaire had I been able to invest those funds in a private account.

[Logical me]

If the American people weren't so preoccupied with failure they would realize that if President Bush plan, in the future, was not working, do you think that the SS would have no funds. How stupid. NEVER WILL IT NOT HAVE FUNDS. In this event of failure then taxes will be increased or if enough revenue in the general fund is available, a bail out would occur. IT WOULD BE STUPID TO THINK ANY OTHER OPTION WOULD OCCUR. Please stop the stupidity.

[Soul Seeker]

Ah, the one that asked the President how he could work with people like Clinton that were divorced from reality. LOL

Thank you Jeff!

[demlosers]

Ah, the one that asked the President how he could work with people like Clinton that were divorced from reality. LOL

Mr Gannon is 'feeling the love' from his new found friends:

"I guess I've really made the big time! The Media Matters piece has produced a huge spike in my hate mail. I am pleased to share what these lovers of free speech and diversity say to people who have a different viewpoint. FEELING THE LOVE..."

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[Brilliant]

Smart move. If the American people don't demand action, nothing will happen.

[rage24]

Would the new social security program Bush is proposing negate the need to save for retirement outside of social security? I thought it was something like 2-4% of social security deductions that would be available for private investment.

[Ed_in_NJ]

"...must confront the problem fully and directly..."

Maybe we could get him to do that with the Mexican border crisis?

[Walkin Man]

Personally, I see no negatives to this plan.

Taking workers money out of the SS system will create huge deficits, will it not?

You see no negatives to billions and billions more deficit spending on top of what we have already?

Or does the President intend to cut SS benefits to make up for it?

Just asking...

[conservativebabe]

Taking it directly to the American people is a smart move. That's what Reagan did.

[snowsislander]

I am glad to see this initiative on the part of the president.

If he can indeed do anything to salvage the current Ponzi mess inherited from our greatest domestic disaster of a president, President Franklin Roosevelt, that will indeed be a blessing for our posterity.

[stopem]

The Demand should have been for TRUE TAX REFORM FIRST!
Logically if there had been true tax reform first it would have affected the way SS taxes were collected.

But we are all being distracted by SS reform first when we all wanted a true tax reform FIRST!! Nothing more than distracting us so we forget about taxes. With April fast approaching I would like to have a tax reform package because after this expensive SS reform package there wont be any money left for tax reform.

Plus after the Medicare "fix" that is a disaster can we afford another such disaster with SS now?

[Barlowmaker]

You're against everything. Nobody listens to you.

[stopem]

Thank you for that comment.

[Soul Seeker]

When targeted for attack, Gannon shows he scored a hit.

It was nice to see a conservative direct a hit at Dems, vs. the usual Libs' mantra of asking the President to apologize for every ill conceived. The Press core probably felt they'd been invaded. Cameron joining its ranks and Gannon sneaking into the building. lol

[Barlowmaker]

Stop 'Em! Please! LOL!

[rodguy911]

It is a smart move but I would rather be hearing about securing our borders first and then have the social security debate. First things first.

[BillM]

Congress spends every penny now. There are increasing surpluses for them through 2009. Then the gravy starts to dry up. Disposable money starts to fall each year after having increased for many years. Congress will twitch and scream like stuck pigs.

The money will go into investments which inevitably will help grow the economy. This in turn will lead to greater greater government revnues over time. Any time the money is kept from the clutches of congress the country is better off!