Also--SOMEOME needs to inform him about the minor little detail that Federal employees, including ALL members of Congress, have the option of investing in what is basically a private retirement account--namely the THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN--which is a supplement to SS. But the rate of return on TSP investments often far exceed those of SS. Yet the Dims scream and holler about the DANGERS of offering this option to employees in the private sector. I would so LOVE to see any Pubbie candidate bring up the subject of TSP accounts, because it would put any incumbent Dim in an very awkward position to have to tell how much they--or their fellow Congress critters--have earned through investments in this PRIVATE investment plan.Excellent point, and in making it you solidify my biggest worry about Perry: that he has the George Bush inability to articulate his positions.
Remember how frustrating it was watching Bush not defend himself for 8 years?
And now here's Perry, on SS, an issue he obviously cares deeply about, and he doesn't bring up this excellent point that you just brought up.
Why not?
Why not?
Someone please tell me why not?
Are we facing 8 years of asking the same d*mn question we asked for 8 years under Bush: Why doesn't he just SAY how the left is wrong?
It's the reason I'm now ready to hear what Palin has to say, on stage, with all the others.
Perry is still my #1 choice. But he worries me.
But--right now--gotta run. So--thanks again for some very excellent posts to this thread. As I said, it's encouraging!
Rick Perry is not a Bush. GW Bush was and is the aristocrat son of an aristocrat East Coast Brahmin father. GW Bush thought it was beneath him to respond in kind to his detractors and was beneath the (office of the) Presidency. Rick Perry carries none of this rich boy baggage. He will not be sitting back and taking it when he is elected President
I liked GW Bush in many ways, I'm just explaining why he didn't punch back or have his surrogates punching back.