We didn't have a nickel: social security

We didn't have a nickel: social security



I've been pretty silent so far on the Social Security gutting - er, um, I mean "privitization." But this take nails it:

For most folks, Social Security (is) still the one foundation for planning for retirement, the base from which every other decision flow(s)...



The President is so committed to his vision of a "program in crisis" that he cannot see that Social Security, as it stands, is the healthiest part of a majority of American's retirement plans. It is a system that works, has worked and will work if we run it properly. But to do so requires a committment to good stewardship of our government. That is something, friends, that the GOP is incapable of.



The GOP, quite simply, does not believe in good government because they don't believe in government at all.

In essence and in fact, this is an ideological fight. The GOP wants private accounts based not on the merits, bbut because they are committed to the CONCEPT of the private sector, whether or not it actually works.



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