Should this plan be defeated, the Democrats are the ones who will suffer because they will be seen as obstructionist and naysayers who stopped a plan without offering a plan of their own. How quickly they forget that John Kerry's lack of a plan on anything was one of the torpedos that sank his [swift] boat.
"Should this plan be defeated, the Democrats are the ones who will suffer because they will be seen as obstructionist and naysayers who stopped a plan without offering a plan of their own."
I agree. If the personalization of SS accounts doesn't happen it's only a matter of time before our kids are screwed so badly that even those who have benefited from the dumbing down of our school systems will figure out who screwed them. It may take a while, but in the end the democrats will pay for adding to the misery. It just makes me mad that my kids will be forced to live through higher taxes, poor economy, and the end of life as Americans knew it.
Bush knew this would happen. Hell, he even planned it that way. IMHO SS reform was/is a feint. His real plan is the overhaul of the tax system, read national sales tax. Adoption of a national sales tax will solve the SS problem. A twofer so to speak. Another perfect Rovian storm. hehehe!