Posted on 04/25/2005 5:35:47 PM PDT by RWR8189
Yes, please God get off SS, it has been hurting the rest of the presidents agenda and it is going nowhere.
To pay for this pass a flat tax (or Fair Tax). Cut out the IRS Administration and sell the buildings and land they (rather We) own.
NPR. Fire them and sell the land, equipment.
Public schools. Fire them and sell the land, buildings.
Railroad regulations. Annul them and fire the bureaucrats. Then sell the building and land they operate from.
Government retirement accounts. Gone. Let them eat Social Security same as us.
Next, the United Nations...
Just let the #%@& thing go bankrupt.
I must admit, unless things change rapidly, a total reevaluation of our political support may be needed.
I suggest that the insanity of the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) be used as a "litmus test" for the evaluation of the Republican majority.
The situation along our Mexican border would be my second choice as a "litmus test" for our Republican representatives.
Ya I agree, I mean who really cares that the money over the years has been stolen from the people, I'm sure it will all end and is not indicative of what power and Government actually does with some extra cash laying around. In fact I think we should just go ahead and increase taxes now to cover the upcoming deficits I'm sure the extra money will be put to good use. Maybe to fund more ACLU lawsuits to get the Ten Commandments out of somewhere.
That will never happen, it will be saved at the expense of taking away from the people for the common good, don't kid yourself
I am 50 years old as of last February. I always knew that Social Security would not be there when I retire.
I agree, let it go bankrupt!
Oh, I LIKE your ideas!
Keep em coming.
Bush doesn't have to worry about re-election and knowing Republicans they thrive on eating their own so there is no reason why he should hold back and NOT do this.
Let it go, but let go of my FICA payments too. And if you won't do that, at least issue the t-bill to me that you are issuing internally to yourself in the treasury and then it wouldnt be a ponzi scheme. Not one person, not the dems or GWB, have ever addressed the issue about vesting the payor's rights in those FICA payments which is as far as I am concerned the primary issue. Who gives a damn about a rate of return if you never really have any rights to a principal?
Our goals ?
Guess what ? Apparently on this issue the American people do not see 'our goals' as their goals. Total reevaluation of your political support ? Do you go into your room and sulk when you don't get your way ?
Precisely. This is precisely the reason Bush lost on SS reform. The Christian Right has been absolutely no help whatsoever to him on this issue because its membership IS older and poorer, not free market libertarians.
It's Strategery. Social Security is now officially off the table for the 2006 and 2008 election. The RATS cannot use it because they condemned it.
If they try to bring it up, Republican candidates will say the RATS politicized it as the opposition party. It was a great move. Bush cannot run again, so whether he wins or loses the battle is irrelevant.
I always thought that Bush should have gone hard after tax reform (fair or flat) before SS...
The majority of American citizens have elected Republicans to represent them at all upper levels of government.
The majority of American citizens, do expect that these representatives perform the duties that they were appointed to do.
They were not given this job for their own personal benefit, or even political party, but to represent and support each and every citizen living within their region.
Was HillaryCare off the table for the 1994 election ?
If they try to bring it up, Republican candidates will say the RATS politicized it as the opposition party. It was a great move. Bush cannot run again, so whether he wins or loses the battle is irrelevant.
Politicized it ? What happens in Washington that isn't political ?
No party is given a blank check. Especially on red button issues like Social Security.
Face facts. The overwhelming majority of the American people support the Social Security program and distrusted "private accounts" as a trick by radical free market libertarian types to bankrupt it.
This issue split the GOP along class lines. Older, poorer Americans, who tend to be Religious Right, opposed SS reform. Free market libertarian types supported it.
Sadly, perhaps you are correct in your evaluation of the American public.
Some Americans that thought the money would always be there, and did not want any change in the current system.
Wise American politicians realized that the money would not be there when the "Baby Boomer" generation reached retirement, and did everything they could to divert the citizen taxes toward this future problem.
Wise American politicians also realized that a balance must be maintained, or the Social Security tax increases would cripple the economy. With a crippling of the economy, there would have been a devastating reduction of Social Security tax revenues.
This is rather obvious, since Social Security taxes are a percentage of the American economy.
This is the legacy of Ronald Regan!
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