Posted on 04/26/2005 5:47:12 PM PDT by RWR8189
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"Senator Reid has asserted that Social Security is the 'most successful program in the history of the world,' yet he wrote legislation allowing himself and other members of Congress to stay out of the Social Security system. While the President is working to reform Social Security for future generations, it's unfortunate that Harry Reid is playing partisan politics instead of being part of a policy solution. Political expediency is not an agenda."
-Brian Jones, RNC Communications Director
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) Has Called Social Security The "Most Successful Program In The History Of The World":
Reid: "Social Security Is The Most Successful Program In The History Of The World, And We're Going To Protect It." (CBS's "Face The Nation," 4/10/05)
Reid: "People Depend On Social Security, That's The Way It Has Been And The Way It Should Be And We're Not Going To Allow That To Change." (Sen. Harry Reid, "Sen. Reid Holds Digital Fireside Chat," Press Release, 4/12/05)
However, At One Time, Sen. Reid Did Not Want Members Of Congress To Be A Part Of Social Security:
In 1983, Congress Passed A Bill Requiring All Members Of Congress And Other Federal Employees To Join Social Security. "Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to provide mandatory coverage under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program as of January 1, 1984, for: (1) all Federal employees hired on or after January 1, 1984; (2) the President; (3) the Vice President; (4) all elected officials and political appointees; (5) judges; (6) Members of Congress; and (7) all legislative branch employees who are not participating in the Civil Service Retirement System as of December 31, 1983." (Public Law No. 98-21, 4/20/83)
Three Months Later, While In The House, Reid Sponsored A Bill That Would Have Kept Members Of Congress Out Of Social Security. H.R. 3589 "Repeals provisions of the Social Security Amendments of 1983 which provide mandatory coverage under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program as of January 1, 1984, for ... Members of Congress ..." (H.R. 3589, Introduced 7/18/83)
· Reid's Bill Would Have Also Kept All Federal Employees Hired On Or After January 1, 1984; The President; The Vice President; All Elected Officials And Political Appointees; Judges; All Legislative Branch Employees Who Are Not Participating In The Civil Service Retirement System As Of December 31, 1983 From Joining Social Security. (H.R. 3589, Introduced 7/18/83)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) Wanted To Delay Including Federal Workers In Social Security. "[Rep. Michael D. Barnes (D-MD)] and Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), using information supplied by the Federal Government Service Task Force that Barnes chairs, held their own meetings last week with members of the committee and the House leadership. They urged delaying inclusion of new federal workers [in Social Security system] pending a study. They warned that the [proposed $165 Billion Social Security rescue bill] could cost new hires, forced to contribute to two retirement systems, a quarter of their take home pay." (Karlyn Barker, "U.S. Workers' Allies Fight 'Cast In Stone' Decision," The Washington Post, 3/3/83)
In 1983, Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Voted "To Strike Provisions Extending Social Security Coverage To Federal Employees." (H.R. 1900, CQ Vote #47: Rejected 12-86: R 8-46; D 4-40, 3/23/83, Sarbanes Voted Yea)
In 1977, Many Current Democrat Members Voted To Keep Federal Workers Out Of Social Security:
In 1977, While In The House, Sens. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Jim Jeffords (I-VT), And Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Voted "To Delete Provisions Extending Social Security Coverage To Federal, State, And Local Government Workers ..." (H.R. 9346, CQ Vote #641: Adopted 386-38: R 129-14; D 257-24, 10/26/77, Akaka, Baucus, Dodd, Harkin, Jeffords, And Mikulski Voted Yea)
In 1977, Current Reps. Norman Dicks (D-WA), John Dingell (D-MI), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Edward Markey (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), John Murtha (D-PA), James Oberstar (D-MN), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Ike Skelton (D-MO) And Henry Waxman (D-CA) Voted "To Delete Provisions Extending Social Security Coverage To Federal, State, And Local Government Workers ..." (H.R. 9346, CQ Vote #641: Adopted 386-38: R 129-14; D 257-24, 10/26/77, Dicks, Dingell, Kildee, Markey, Miller, Murtha, Oberstar, Rahall, Rangel, Skelton, And Waxman Voted Yea)
"Now you listen here you young whippersnapper! Harry Reid said that bastard Bush is going to take all my money away and force me to live under a bridge and eat dog food. And I believe him! Oh and one more thing........ Can you pick up my teeth? I cant bend down that far anymore."
Yet another example of the lying, cheating and criminal nature of the hypocritical Dems. Most sucsessful program? Maybe in terms of what the politicians in Washington were able to steal and spend from it, quietly replacing the money with IOUs, and serving as just ANOTHER SOURCE OF TAXATION CONTROL over the people -- the main concern of the socialist Dems. And that very fact is WHY the Dems do not want ANY CHANGE in SS taxation. They see it as their money to spend for their empowerment. Period.
why can't we have the option to opt out too , the same as "them?"
Great post. Thanks. National Socialists FORCING Americans to play economic roulette. You die. You lose... and so does your family, because we'll force them to pay too.
Democrats are two-faced liars and self serving political whores.
So, what's new?
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