To: Brilliant
I think it may just be verbiage. Calling it a poverty program sets in the public's mind that anyone opposing it would be anti-poor people.
...or I could be full of crap.
5 posted on
04/28/2005 6:46:29 PM PDT by
infidel29
("It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world."- T. Roosevelt)
To: infidel29
He's going to index the benefits according to your income. That's a poverty program.
6 posted on
04/28/2005 6:47:39 PM PDT by
Brilliant
To: infidel29
SS was never meant to be a retirement program - it was meant to be the ultimate safety net, so that the elderly, particularly those who had lost their savings during the Depression, would be protected. The problem is that the expectations of SS have gone way up.
10 posted on
04/28/2005 6:49:24 PM PDT by
livius
To: infidel29
SS already is a poverty program. Those who rely on it exclusively, are way below the poverty limit.
126 posted on
04/29/2005 5:43:28 AM PDT by
ampat
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