A question on social security and Iraq....
complain jane
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Wed Feb-02-05 09:31 PM
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A question on social security and Iraq.... |
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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
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Wed Feb-02-05 09:33 PM
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parties have been reaching into SS funds for years.
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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 |
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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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Wed Feb-02-05 10:03 PM
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3. IT's 100 times worse than you could ever imagine.... |
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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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