Posted on 03/29/2005 12:28:25 PM PST by leepbutler
Former First Lady Barbara Bush laid the boom to the Social Security debate at a rally in Pensacola, Florida. “I’m here because your father and I have 17 grandchildren... all born after 1950 and we want to know: Is someone going to do something about it?” she intoned, after having earlier quieted the cheering crowd.
The former First Lady asked an excellent question, which was really intended as a segue for the introduction of her son George W. Bush, but the point is well taken. President Bush is pushing hard for Social Security reform and is expressly desirous to have as a part of that reform individual American ownership of personal savings accounts.
All the while, the media continues to follow the ardent talking points of the Democrat Party by constantly attributing his call for reform and interest in personal accounts as his ‘plan’ for ‘privatizing’ Social Security. Which, of course, is blatantly false and they know it, but it just follows their agenda to attack President Bush utilizing misinformation.
The first person to actually submit a ‘plan’ was Nebraska (R) Senator Chuck Hagel who said, “It’s not a matter of if we reform Social Security, it’s a matter of when and how we reform Social Security,” and he added, “I hope the Democrats will be introducing some Social Security reform legislation. I have not heard them talk about their alternative other than raising taxes,” he finished.
This post is just an excerpt of the whole column.
The AARP left wing of the DNC has a commercial on tv that twists the facts till it screams. It says at the end "the final result will be a cut in SS benifits".
Why can't I?
Because the crooks running the pyramid scheme would be exposed for what they are...
They're sending out the Flying Monkeys of Ignorance in battalions.
Get a load of this old geezer who wrote in to a local monthly broadsheet:
"There is some debate about when the surplus in the trust fund will begin to go into the negative."
aas: Sorry, geezer - there is no "trust fund". That's a fairy tale that your Demoncrat politicians sold you along with the Easter Bunny.
That's what the mainstream media does:
Misinform you.
Are you starting to see the picture? That's why we have to inform each other. They're only serving their own self-interest, which is to be the self-appointed leaders of this country and our communities. If they ran for offices -- they wouldn't get any votes. Their power is solely derived from deception and manipulation -- on the trust we give them.
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