Chuck on the State of Social Security
Anyone who believes the fallacy that the privatization of social security will be good for our country needs only to talk to anyone from Great Britain...they did it and their country went into a debt equal to approximately 25% of their GDP...and what are they doing to fix their problem?...switching to the same system that we currently have...maybe if G.W. Bozo hadn't spent the enormous surplus that social security had on his petty tax breaks, then there wouldn't be a problem...of course, hindsight is always 20/20...he's such a fuckin' clown...
And I completely agree! The surpluses in the final two fiscal years of the Clinton administration (it took nearly six years to recover from HUGE deficits to finally balance the budget) were shamefully wasted on a tax break that only partially benefited the people who need it most: the low and lower middle classes. However, they did benefit those who needed them the least: the upper middle and upper classes.
Social Security is NOT going broke. This is a Republican scare tactic. If the system is managed wisely, instead of being written off, it can be salvaged and even improved. And if it happens to be in trouble, I would first point the finger at the man who spent the surpluses that he did not broker along his wealthy administration.
Bush talked forever about two issues, and Social Security is NOT our biggest social domestic problem at the current time. MEDICAL CARE and INSURANCE should be primary concerns of ALL Americans, regardless of partisanship. Tens of millions of Americans are lacking even the minimal amount of insurance. This is wrong, especially in a nation which purports itself to be the richest and freest nation in the world. We are declining, people. Our infant mortality rates and death rates have gone up while our birth rate is down. The influx of untrained and non-professional immigrants is swelling the stagnant job pool while the professional and university foreigners coming to the US has nearly dried up.
Our economy is in the shitter, the Dollar is down while the GBP and EURO surge, even the YEN has gained on the weakened Dollar. Proud to be an American? Sure I am, but I am embarassed at our current administrations purposeful ignorance towards issues it cannot handle.
And I completely agree! The surpluses in the final two fiscal years of the Clinton administration (it took nearly six years to recover from HUGE deficits to finally balance the budget) were shamefully wasted on a tax break that only partially benefited the people who need it most: the low and lower middle classes. However, they did benefit those who needed them the least: the upper middle and upper classes.
Social Security is NOT going broke. This is a Republican scare tactic. If the system is managed wisely, instead of being written off, it can be salvaged and even improved. And if it happens to be in trouble, I would first point the finger at the man who spent the surpluses that he did not broker along his wealthy administration.
Bush talked forever about two issues, and Social Security is NOT our biggest social domestic problem at the current time. MEDICAL CARE and INSURANCE should be primary concerns of ALL Americans, regardless of partisanship. Tens of millions of Americans are lacking even the minimal amount of insurance. This is wrong, especially in a nation which purports itself to be the richest and freest nation in the world. We are declining, people. Our infant mortality rates and death rates have gone up while our birth rate is down. The influx of untrained and non-professional immigrants is swelling the stagnant job pool while the professional and university foreigners coming to the US has nearly dried up.
Our economy is in the shitter, the Dollar is down while the GBP and EURO surge, even the YEN has gained on the weakened Dollar. Proud to be an American? Sure I am, but I am embarassed at our current administrations purposeful ignorance towards issues it cannot handle.
posted by Brian at 3:10 a.m.
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