Everyone quick, hide in the basement, an inner room if you can. Perry touched the THIRD RAIL.
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Considering 70 million baby boomers are retiring beginning last year, well it might just be time to start poking at that THIRD RAIL.
But you are right, it is a dangerous move. Personally I would have no problem explaining the problem to people. There are 70,000,000 people who will be collecting at least $20,000 every year for the next 30 years. You do the math.
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My mother-in-law used to buy into the democRAT rhetoric of how those evil Republicans were going to take away her SS check. I could never convince here it was campaign rhetoric and she should not vote for democRATs because they use such tactics to scare her. She never believed me and voted democRAT anyway.
The danger with Social Security is the fear it could create among retirees and baby boomers close to retirement could turn into votes against Perry.
Most people don’t follow politics like we do. Many rely on MSM and you can bet MSM will distort it. If you follow cable ratings, CNN always spikes for the six month period before an election. A Gallup survey last fall indicates that 57% of Americans partially or totally distrust the media. Those most likely to trust the media are liberals and the poorly educated.
Cain not only touched the rail, he had something substantive to say about fixing it. That beats platitudes like "we have to look at it".