Posted on 12/17/2004 8:06:02 AM PST by KMC1
VITRIOL, VENOM, AND VOTERS: When you visit far left bloggers like TalkingPointsMemo and DailyKos you can get the impression that democrats across the board violently disagree with the President on setting aside a small portion of Social Security taxes for the individual taxpayer to be able to privately invest/save/plan with.
A brand new (Opinion Dynamics) poll debunks that...
The poll asked:
"Should people have the choice to invest a small amount privately?"
YES - 60%, NO - 27%
"Would you privately invest some of your Social Security money?"
Total Population - 55%
30 and Younger - 71%
30-45 Years of Age - 69%
46-55 Years of Age - 51%
56-64 Years of Age - 48%
65 and Older - 33%
"Should people have the choice to invest a small amount privately?"
Democrats - 53% Yes/37% No
Republicans - 71% Yes/12% No
Independents - 55% Yes/34% No
Certainly looks like a winning issue in the public's eye...I hope the President attempts to make it happen.
This is an excerpt, to read more click here...
The younger they are the more they like it!!!
The word has not filtered down yet
Bush is evil, Bush is a corporate puppet, Bush is too stupid to fix SS, etc, etc, etc.
Only democrats are compassion enough to really fix SS. Evil republicans are at it again trying to steal your money.
It would be a political coup if W can make SS reform a wedge issue against the 'rats.
Yes, and that's one of the reasons liberals in the Democratic Party and the legacy media will pull out all the stops to defeat it. It has the potential to bind a whole generation to the GOP for their lifetimes, just as FDR bound a generation with the advent of Social Security.
Just give the media a few months, they will have Democrats convinced that this is an evil plan by Bush to force elderly to eat dog food.
This is great! Now, if we can get them on board for changing the the tax code.
The 29% of those under 30 who say no have me worried. Are there that many stupid young people? It's a no-brainer for anyone under 45 years of age.
Don't forget Bush's plans to hold all seniors' medications on strings over their heads just high enough so they can't reach.
That stupid bas-no, wait, that evil gen-dammit..what are the Dims calling him this week? Stupid or evil genius? I can't keep track.
not me! I'd prefer that whopping 2% return on my confiscated money.
Are you really serious??? This is a FOX News poll, do you really believe, based on a FOX News poll, that Democrats favor privatizing social security??? Holy NIGHT!!!
I just found out yesterday that you can opt out of Social Security if you want but you are not eligible for any benefits ever.
The company still has to pay the other 7.5% to the IRS.
I am working out the spreadsheet now.
Also, exit polls showed Kerry won Ohio...that's how much integrity I have in polls...
The young can be for SS reform 100%, but if they continue to sit on the couch instead of going to the polls it won't matter.
If you have different information and a rock solid, legal, and indisputable way for me to opt out of SS I will do so tomorrow.
I would guess that's from people who don't understand how SS works. I'd imagine that it's from folks who think that the money they pay into SS is *theirs,* rather than being used to pay current SS recipients.
Just a guess.
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