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complain jane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 09:31 PM
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A question on social security and Iraq....
I heard somewhere that part of the reason Bush wants to do away with SS is because he's already pilfered it and spent it on Iraq. I'm sure it's not that simple, but is this even remotely true?
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olacan Donating Member (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 09:33 PM
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1. Both
parties have been reaching into SS funds for years.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 09:59 PM
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2. Of course..He has stolen all the $$ out of the SS trust fund. If it gets
Edited on Wed Feb-02-05 09:59 PM by BrklynLiberal
"Privatized" no one will find out and he won't have to figure out to pay back the money..

Remember the "lockbox" that Gore mentioned and everyone made fun of..Well Bush broke the lock and emptied it.
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wadestock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 10:03 PM
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3. IT's 100 times worse than you could ever imagine....
he said that it would be short some 200B in 10 years or so...big fucking deal....meanwhile he'll waste 500 Billion on the war.
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