[lit-ideas] Re: Bush taking apart SS
- From: Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 22:59:02 EDT
In a message dated 5/9/2005 9:24:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
robert.paul@xxxxxxxx writes:
What's meant by 'how awful the Social Security account is'? Are you
saying that Social Security is somehow responsible for the tremendous
national debt that Bush has incurred on our behalf?
Hi,
Sorry, I was not clear on this.
No, what I meant was that if we do not care how large our deficit is, then
why in the world should we worry about how much social security is going to
cost us.
It just seems rather odd to me. The deficit is (to my rather untrained but
pragmatic eyes) rather large. However, it seems like what we are spending
spending spending on (primarily, I grant you, defense--though not original
research...which seem peculiar but that is a different tangential aside) does
not
seem to be a problem.
If that is not a problem, then why is social security a problem?
If we can tell our wealthy that they don't need to worry about the deficit
and tighten their belts (which we just did by not rolling back the tax breaks
they got), then why can we not tell our middle/and other classes that they
do not need to worry and let them continue to have the social security program?
Just seems a bit inconsistent.
NOT that I am saying that our current administration is inconsistent or
trying to imply such.
Know what I am saying, now?
<wry look>
Back from the trail,
Marlena in Missouri
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