what do ya think of this one?

[jhain]

a ton of commonsense here.
Which means nobody will listen.


http://web.takebackthemedia.com/geeklog/public_html/article.php?story=20041218141400373


http://www.bartcop.com/121604lyons.htm

Social Security alarm just another flimflam

by Gene Lyons

Here we go again. Yet another stage-managed "crisis" has arisen
requiring the heroic intervention of George W. Bush, the action-figure
president. This time, it’s Social Security, the most successful government
program in U.S. history, that has been singled out for the now-familiar
Bush treatment. According to The Washington Post, Bush hopes to get
his way "by essentially replicating the formula he used to reshape foreign
policy in the first . This includes creating a small, loyal and trustworthy
team to press for broad changes largely dictated by the White House."
In short, a team of ideologues and yes-men. First comes a propaganda
barrage, a rhetorical shock-and-awe campaign to convince the American
public of something that’s manifestly untrue: that Social Security faces a
funding crisis threatening its very existence.

In his weekly radio address, Bush argued that "while benefits for today’s
seniors are secure, the system is headed towards bankruptcy down the road.
If we do not act soon, Social Security will not be there for our children and
grandchildren."

Bankruptcy, the man said. Soon, he added.

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[whathappened]

1. you mean

like what he has done to this country already in 4 years

[radwriter0555]

2. HERE he comes to save THE DAY! Up, UP AND AWAY to SAVE

Americans!

[SharonRB]

3. It's a bird, it's a plane...

...it's Super Shrub!

[Demit]

5. Mighty Mouse is on the WAY...

out, I hope.

[AllegroRondo]

4. Alan Sloan on NPR this morning

discussed this same thing

The Medicare Prescription Drug benefit (which this admin passed to great fanfare last year) will go into debt starting only NEXT YEAR, and to a total of about 17 TRILLION dollars. But thats no emergency for Bush.