On 9/7/05, Dana wrote: > I dunno. I don't think Sam admits it. Other comments inline. Admits what? > I'm an agnostic on this. It seems as though tax cuts were just part of the > credo, that he had to do it, and I don't know whether he even cared about > the economy as long as his buddies got a break. I am not sure that the > alleged economic benefit of a tax cut has ever really been documented, but I > suppose it is possible as I look at Canada and Britain and say well yeah, > too many taxes are definitely not the way to go...
Reagan did it and it worked then Bush did it and it worked. That should be a good sign of success. > >Does his partial privatization idea fix the problem? No. But it's still a > good idea. > Maybe. Short term it would definitely cost a bunch. And I don't think it > would solve the problem. I think Social Security needs to be seen for what > it always should have been, a safety net. And those that can should have > IRAs and Keoughs. No need to drag the government into approving people's > retirement planning. Enron destroyed many 401ks and now the only thing they have is that safety net. That safety net needs fixing and nobody else will do it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173041 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
