What are the chances that Bushbrains SS plan could pass?

[murray hill farm]

Anyone know?

[patricia92243]

1. 100% All branches of Government are now Republican

[indianablue]

2. Chances are still good.

At very best they are going to mess with it some. It will be a very sad day in america when SS is tampered with by the neocons.


Americans will regret the day they worshipped these freaks.

[OKNancy]

3. Actually, I don't think it will

at least in the form we have been told. We and other groups need to keep up the pressure, but I think the moderate Republicans aren't going to go for it. Too risky politically. AARP and most editorialists are against it and MSM seems to really be publishing critical articles. I think it's going to be hard sell.

Keep writing your newspapers and congress. Support groups who are against the change.

[Cocoa]

4. Bush's friends are going to spend a lot of money

and the whores will help Bush too, some of them for free, some paid.

[flordehinojos]

5. Based on the fact that the man has gotten everything he has asked for,

even to the point of confirming ALBERTO GONZALEZ ... I would say... COUNT ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sadly and unfortunately so for the rest of us who believe SS needs to stay in place as it is!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. When Republicans

are saying that Bush's plan will have to change, I'd say it isn't likely to pass the way Bush envisions it now. I was reading about Montana in the NY Times today- how even in a state that went solidly for Bush has most folks up in arms about messing with Social Security.

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[BillZBubb]

8. "Bitching"

So those of us who know Bush is lying about the state of Social Security just like he lied about WMD in Iraq and budget surplusses are bitching?

Yeah, right.

[MiniMe]

9. The moderate repugs have to worry about re-election

in 2006, Shrub doesn't. Those who are worried about re-election aren't going to go along with it because it will get them booted out of office. Doesn't it need 60 senate votes to pass? I'm not sure on that one, but I just don't see is passing in its present form. Of course we still don't have all of the details on the plan.

[wadestock]

10. It's about 50/50....but it doesn't matter

Any changes will have almost no significant effect on ANYTHING over the next 10 years or so....

Meanwhile, due to spending, the war, rising debt (10 to 12 Trillion by the time Bush is out) + interest payments on the debt (340B now and rising to over 500B per year by the time Bush is out) and the fact that interest rates will be MANDATED to rise because no one is going to fund our debt at extremely low rates and falling dollar....

The US will be bankrupt.
Will it matter at that point whether 1/3 of SS is privatized or not?