Going to pull a bait and switch with social security... house bill now

[greenbriar]

WASHINGTON - With the acquiescence of their leaders, key House Republicans are drafting Social Security legislation stripped of President Bush's proposed personal accounts financed with payroll taxes and lacking provisions aimed at assuring long-term solvency

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050622/ap_on_go_co/social_security

[whistle]

1. Yep, Re-pukes have done it before and will do it again

[greenbriar]

2. bAstards

is what they are

[sniffa]

3. bad Link

and i can onLy guess, bad headLine.

[greenbriar]

4. try it again

I think I fixed it

[maddezmom]

6. might want to edit title so it doesn't get locked

:)

[LiberalEsto]

5. WashPost editorial: Where are the Democrats?

One of today's Washington Pest editorials asks why Democrats aren't coming up with their own plans to "fix" Social Security instead of gloating over foiling B*sh's SS plans.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/21/AR2005062101542.html

Of course, one first has to accept the Rethugs' premise that Social Security is broke and requires fixing.

I guess it would never occur to the Posties that most Americans think Social Security is pretty much fine the way it is.

[earth mom]

7. So they aren't going to screw us quite as bad as * would have?

:sarcasm:

Bastards!

[Lerkfish]

8. SS is a safety net, not an investment portfolio.

the repugs keep framing it as an investment, which is flat wrong. As long as they do that, it becomes easier to think "private accounts'

but social security was NEVER meant to be an investment, it was meant to be a safety net, whereing those who are working now pay for those who aren't working now, and those working in the future pay for those not working in the future.

We need to reframe this issue back to what its supposed to be.

[greenbriar]

9. letter to the editor

if we all did that...

[Fluffdaddy]

10. Good to see Bush an the GOP running with their tail between their legs

away from proposed personal accounts

[mbperrin]

11. Said it before, will say it some more.

if * says it's OK, I'm against it. period.

[shanti]

12. gotcha

my sentiments exactly.

[sadiesworld]

13. What problems do you see with this?

What is the "bait and switch"?

[greenbriar]

14. that at the last minute

the private accounts will be included after its too late to do anything about it

[Moderator]

15. greenbrier

Double check the forum posting rules. The subject line needs to be exactly the same as the title of the article.

This is a duplicate topic of this, feel free to add this article if it adds new information.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1568593