The analogy between invading Iraq & privatizing Social Security

[mtnsnake]

I got to thinking how ironic it is that a fundie like Bush, who doesn't give a rat's ass about conserving our own natural resources and environment, is all of a sudden worried about something he alleges will take place 40 years from now in 2045. Give me a break. This is more about jamming his own short-term policies down our throats than it is about saving Social Security. What Social Security needs is to be saved from Bush himself.

Check out this article which has an interesting analogy between Bush's invasion of Iraq and how he and his cronies are using a similar rationale to invade Social Security:

http://www.thedubyareport.com/holhut1.html

Snip: "I look at how the Bush administration is trying to manufacture a Social Security "crisis," and it looks much like what was done to manufacture the rationale for invading Iraq.

Certainly the steps are the same. Invent a crisis where none currently exists. State only the information (real or not) that benefits your argument, and repeat it often. Ignore all information that might undermine your argument and attack anyone who might disagree. Then, after convincing everyone that there is a crisis and marginalizing your opponents, you come up with the solution to the crisis you manufactured.

Through constant repetition and taking full advantage of the limitations of journalism's objectivity fetish, the Bush administration can bend reality to fit its policy schemes.

Once again, it's about controlling the language and repeating your message over and over and over until people believe."

.....and more........ http://www.thedubyareport.com/holhut1.html

[hop scotch]

1. Southern "blue dog" democrats are with Bush on this

Ed Schultz had their spokesman on yesterday and he said there is a problem and the sooner it is solved the less expensive the cost will be. We need to look at this system; it is broke. Even Clinton said it was broke in 1998.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

2. like f*ck they are

Only one moron in Florida one idiot in Lousiana. Tell Karl that sadly for his lying, overreaching ass the Dems are not budging on this one across the board.

[LynnTheDem]

4. Wrong.

Nice try though. NOT.

:D

[mwb970]

5. Drastic fix not needed, though

My understanding is that a few "tweaks" would take care of it. (Alternatively, we could repeal Bush's tax giveaway to the wealthiest Americans. That money could cure SS forever.)

[hop scotch]

7. well then lets just tax you and he and the guy behind the tree

but not ME. I pay enough already.

[wishlist]

6. But Clinton recognized balancing the overall budget took higher priority

Social Security is not broke. Bush is exploiting its anticipated long range fiscal problem to justify siphoning more money to the financial markets, not to help 'save' it for future generations.

I don't understand how anyone can trust Bush to fix any financial problems of this country, since his solution of siphoning billions of dollars to private business interests has created the largest deficits in history with the least accountability for taxpayers' money.

[LynnTheDem]

3. They learned from Hitler and Stalin etc that FEAR makes sheeple.

In the short-run.

In the long run, even sheeple wise up and say bugger off to the fearmonger.