From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 12:03 PM Subject: Re: Social Security
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 08:54:56AM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
Also, the Diamond-Orszag Social Security Plan that is discussed qualifies, in my book, as a modest tweak of the present system.
The appendix I referenced refers to the CURRENT system, not the Diamond-Orszag modification.
Right, I wasn't disputing that. It's just that I happened to look at that
modification and thought it didn't have the baggage of Bush's plan.
Something like that is much more likely to get Democratic support than a
plan that not only corrects a budget shortfall but radically challenges the
foundation of Social Security.
Not just the Dems. Don't forget the silvering Boomers and all the current AARP members. They have, I'm quite sure, no intention of tolerating even the vaguest *hint* of gefingerpoken on their SS plans.
Naturally SS is not meant to be a full-on retirement plan. Erik et. al. are correct about that. But that does not change the *fact* that many people are in truth relying on it precisely for that retirement package. We are allegedly a wealthy nation; why are we being cheap about this?
Whether or not our forebears "retired" is utterly irrelevant to this discussion. Another fact is that many people *do* expect to be able to live out multiple "golden" years in retired contemplation. How various individuals -- on his list or anywhere else -- might feel about it doesn't change this reality. The thing to be dealt with is not the historical retirement record, but the indisputable retirement *future*.
The religious right might or might not have won George round 2. But if the Bush II admin wants to mess with SS, they'll find it's a lot harder than they imagine, and not because of Democratic voters.
-- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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