* explains his social security plan

[paineinthearse]

In case you were a little confused about *'s plan for a new social security system, he explains it below......

"Because the -- all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, 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 what 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, as opposed 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. "

President George Bush, at a Town Meeting on Social Security, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa Florida, February, 4, 2005

p.s If you don't believe this is true it comes from the white house web site.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050204-13.html

[uppityperson]

1. Kinda muddled indeed. Simpler- "I dunno"

[babylonsister]

2. This blivet cannot string a sentence

together with any independent thought. I'm thinking the SS angle, the budge cuts, are all to distract us from the untenable price tag in lives and $$ that's being squandered in Iraq.

[paineinthearse]

7. Help defeat the $82B war supplemental.

Call your rep and tell him to have the balls to vote NO!!!!

[Warpy]

3. What he really meant to say was

"Work your ass off at three jobs, go without health care, and then die young."

It's so typically American.

[beam me up scottie]

4. This pathetic excuse for a human being is the

leader of the free world? He represents our country to the rest of the world ??? My gawd, we're all doomed, we won't have to worry about social security.

[paineinthearse]

5. WH SS talking points

Summarized at http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/social-security/

[DinahMoeHum]

6. I didn't buy any of his bullshit years ago, why should I buy it now?

He can shove his "Social Security reforms" up his ass.

:evilfrown: