--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- johnlasher20002000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > THIS IS NOT A JOKE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID > > > > Subject: President Bush explains his Social Security > > Reform Proposal: > > > > WOMAN IN AUDIENCE: I don't really understand. How is > > it the new plan is > > going to fix the problem? > > > > Verbatim response: > > > > PRESIDENT BUSH: "Because the -- all which is on the > > table begins to > > address the big cost drivers. For example, how > > benefits are calculated, > > for example, is on the table. Whether or not > > benefits rise based upon > > wage increases or price increases. There's a series > > of parts of the > > formula that are being considered. And when you > > couple that, those > > different cost drivers, affecting those -- changing > > those with personal > > accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised > > more likely to be > > -- or closer delivered to that has been promised. > > Does that make any sense to you? > > It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of > > things that cause the > > --like, for example, benefits are calculated based > > upon the increase of > > wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some > > have suggested that > > we calculate -- the benefits will rise based upon > > inflation, supposed > > to wage increases. There is a reform that would help > > solve the red if > > that were put into effect. In other words, how fast > > benefits grow, how > > fast the promised benefits grow, if those -- if that > > growth is > > affected, it will help on the red." > > This is the President of the most powerful nation on > earth. It would make a great joke if it wasn't true. > He truly doesn't know what he is talking about, he > only thinks he knows. A very dangerous combination.
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