Ex-House Leader (Dick Armey): Social Security Should Go Away

[WillyT]

By GLENN EVANS

Saturday, February 26, 2005

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TYLER – Former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey said Friday that Social Security should be phased out rather than saved. "I think if you leave people free to choose, it will be phased out by competition," the former Republican congressman from Lewisville told reporters before sharing a President's Day Dinner with the Smith County Republican Club.

Armey, who left Congress in 2002 after 18 years, said younger Americans already believe personal investments produce greater retirement savings than Social Security will.

(And you just have to love THIS observation...)

"If it is such a great deal, why does the government have to make it mandatory," he said.

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Link: http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/02/26/20050226LNJArmey.html?urac=n&urvf=11095428030370.45603512426403237

Nice to see 'ole Dick still chiming in. He may be a major loon, but he's at least he's being honest here. The rePukes want to eliminate Social Security.

:mad:

[Zuni]

1. Dick Armey should go away

I won't miss him

[Skink]

2. You mean previous rethugs were even stupider....

[wildmanj]

3. phased out

and with the same understanding----what about doing away with all the various benefits a congressman is entitled to----insurance---retirement---leave them the same as they left us with nothing

[searchingforlight]

4. Yeah? And I think the Congressional retirement plan should

be phased out too!

If these guys are so concerned about the rest of us, why don't they just give up the huge check they each get from us? Most of them don't need it anyway.

[oneighty]

5. Sit down Dick

And shut up.

180

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. of course,

HE never will have to rely on SS for his retirement.

I have a better idea. Make ALL current and former members of Congress dependent ONLY on SS for their retirement. If former members scream that they have lost something "promised" to them, tell them that is how SS people feel when they read something like this.

[yourout]

7. What a moron.

eom

[ClassWarrior]

8. I'm guessing that younger Americans...

...believe personal investments CAN produce greater retirement savings than Social Security will. But playing Three Card Monty CAN produce greater returns than Savings Bonds too. Doesn't mean I'd bet the farm on Three Card Monty.

Of course this Dick conveniently avoids the key word.

NGU.

[applegrove]

9. Corporations want to completely get rid of the nation state! ***holes!

[adarling]

10. i have questioned him personally before

He is such a turd, I have no idea how he got to be that high up in the house as he did cause he is so stupid. He came to our high school my senior year in 2001 and gave us this speech and we got to ask questions. He always sidelines you, never giving an answer. Now, this is in Texas, Collin county to be exact, the hub of all repubs and my AP gov teacher (huge repub herself) was like, what a dick!:crazy:

[Benhurst]

12. He's a turd. Turds float. Now you understand Capitol Hill. NT

[adarling]

14. hahahaha

made my day with that one

[Benhurst]

11. Maybe it should be eliminated -- but not until after the more than

generous Congressional, Judicial, and Executive pensions are abolished. And that'll be a cold day in Hell!

:argh:

[gratuitous]

13. Gee, why not Mr. Armey?

It's not like it'll be the dividing line between you and poverty.

I like the idea of cutting out all pensions for elected and appointed government officials. Civil "service" should be just that, and your reward the thanks of a grateful nation.

I'll bet Dick thinks that's an absolutely vital government function, though.

[WillyT]

15. Kick !!!

:nuke:

[Lindacooks]

16. Dick Armey: ward of the state.

I think of that phrase, from one of Carville's books, whenever I see his fat ass on TV. Armey has been feeding at the public trough from his birth, and he's never stopped. Typical repuke hypocrite.