Now, the Democrats should declare the following:
The Social Security debate has ended, as the public has rejected partial privatization and is not demanding any hasty changes to the system.
In turn, Democrats will no longer participate in congressional hearings on Social Security, and will not debate Social Security with Republicans in the media, at least until Republicans stop trying to phase out SS by privatizing it.
Instead, Democrats will begin addressing the real crisis of Medicare and skyrocketing health care costs, by putting on the table a few comprehensive reform plans, leading their own hearings to foster public debate and discussion about them, and culminating with a single plan for the party to run on in the 2006 congressional elections.
Why would this strategy work? Because it flows from what Democrats have been saying all along.
Agreement from MurryMom.
You are about as real as the WWE
I see you've crawled out from under the Murrysville rock once again.
The public has NOT rejected privitization. Unless your position is that people really want to be taxed out their ass?
No action, like you espouse, is the kiss of death for the Ponzi scheme known as Social Insecurity.