[Mikey_1962]

The younger they are the more they like it!!!

[Popman]

Obviously these polls are wrong, especially for the democrats.

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.

[Semper Paratus]

It would be a political coup if W can make SS reform a wedge issue against the 'rats.

[NJ_gent]

New poll options:

• Should people be allowed to choose whether they want to participate in government programs like Social Security, especially in cases where the program's creation only came about after repeated assurances that it would always be voluntary (as was the case with Social Security)?
  
  100% Yes
  0% No

[Always Right]

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.

[upcountryhorseman]

This is great! Now, if we can get them on board for changing the the tax code.

[BikerNYC]

The way I see the program explained around here, I don't see a downside.

People have their private retirement accounts, but if the accounts fail to generate the income that a person would otherwise get under social security, the government will make up the difference.

As everyone is counting on the accounts to at least generate the paulty income that SS would deliver, no one is expecting that SS will have to step in for those people with the accounts (or something like that).

[mapleboard]

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!!!

[mapleboard]

Also, exit polls showed Kerry won Ohio...that's how much integrity I have in polls...

[Phantom Lord]

The biggest problem facing SS reform is AARP and their power, blue hairs voting power combined with the young not voting.

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.

[Moosilauke]

Very misleading headline. If the interviewees had been asked "do you support Bush's plan to..." the 'rat respondents would have been 2-1 against it. Any question that begins "should people have the choice to..." gets over 50% of the vote. This has nothing to do with views on retirement funding and everything to do with how the question is phrased.

[johnny7]

Pelosi and Reid have already(yesterday) had a press-release on this. In essence it said;

“Feel free to fix it but don't you dare change it in anyway. Immediately institute a tax increase to cover Congressional time lost on this exercise of political folly. Thank you very much!”

Your friends
Nancy and Harry

[traviskicks]

Interesting. But I don't get why we can't choose to opt out of it entirely if we wish. It is pure tyranny to force a citizen to particpate in a socialistic program. Our founding fathers would be rolling in their graves.

As Thomas Jefferson said:

From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.

[2wrongs]

First off I am a democrat (so I'm sure I'll get kicked off this site as soon as I post this) and I am in the younger age group. Bush's plan for SSI is merely a start. I'm sure that these polls are accurate because there is a lot of support for SSI to be over hauled. Unlike the majority of Americans, I understand how the financial world works, and how the government works. The government, collectively, is not responsible with money. The reason that SS is in trouble is because the government has used it as a slush fund and the only way to stop it move to 100% privatized SS.

[Terpfen]

I thought we would've been spared the polls until after Bush's inauguration, at the least.