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  • Bad faith on Social Security

    02/16/2005 4:04:17 PM PST · by qam1 · 9 replies · 783+ views
    Seattle Times ^ | 2/16/05 | Ruben Navarrette Jr.
    I suppose I can't blame Democrats for fighting President Bush's plan to reform Social Security. I just wish that, for the sake of the economic welfare of future generations, they'd fight fair. So far that hasn't happened. First, Democrats pooh-poohed the idea of a "crisis" and turned a blind eye to the demographic reality that having fewer workers per retiree means a crushing tax burden on those left in the work force. They distorted the impact of the president's plan to allow younger workers to invest in private accounts. Then they came up with the wild accusation that Republicans have...
  • Baby boomers can't let go of the past and look to the future

    03/20/2004 8:26:56 AM PST · by qam1 · 95 replies · 2,671+ views
    Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 3/20/04 | Ruben Navarrette Jr
    DALLAS -- No one can ever accuse baby boomers of having an inferiority complex. In the 1960s and early '70s, their mantra was: "Don't trust anyone over 30.'' Now it has become: "Don't listen to anyone under 40.'' As a 36-year-old, I got a taste of that this week following an appearance on National Public Radio. Invited to be a guest on "The Diane Rehm Show," I argued that the presidential election should be about the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq -- not the war in Vietnam. I maintained that the personal decisions that John Kerry and...