What's with Carper supporting private accounts?

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I copied this post from GD. Come on - you Delawareans all know each other (my friend's kids go to school with Carper's kids, for god's sake) - call him up! Stop his staff in the supermarket!! You guys have more pull with him than the rest of us do (besides, we have Santorum to deal with up here)
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Democratic senator says he's open to private accounts in Social Security

By LAURA MECKLER
February 11, 2005

WASHINGTON - A second Senate Democrat said Friday he was open to President Bush's idea of letting people divert some of their Social Security taxes to personal retirement accounts as Republican Party leaders tried to allay re-election fears among wavering GOP lawmakers.

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said any plan should be bipartisan, in part to give lawmakers from both parties political cover for supporting major changes to such the popular retirement program.

"I don't believe that we should rule out the accounts," Carper said Friday in an interview. "We have a very low savings rate in this country and clearly need to find ways to stimulate savings, and I think we should be open to a wide range of ideas and not dismiss them out of hand."

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., also has said he is open to discussing the private accounts, saying he wants to see details.

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I actually found it on the RNC website but wouldn't want you to give them the traffic. The headline is from the RNC.

So what do we do about Carper and Nelson??

[bunkerbuster1]

1. Reid needs to smack him with a chair.

Uh, Tom? Yes, we SHOULD rule out the accounts, you fuckwit.

[CindyDale]

2. Has this guy lost his marbles?

He wants the plan to be bipartisan so the GOP can get reelected?

[papau]

3. The words say IF - and the conditions he has prevent the carve out

Bush accounts -

So can we trust him as to his word?

[LynneSin]

4. He's making it harder and harder to support him

But this state is so wrapped up tight with who is running for major offices that it'll be highly doubtful to get him out of office.

This Delawarean plans to donate her time and money to more important races in Maryland & Pennsylvania!

[cyberpj]

5. I will write to Carper and mention this to my politifriends - but

he may just want to appear open to discussion. I also have friends who think add-on accounts wouldn't be terrible but at this point no one has any details for any plan.

Personally I like to use this chart to explain how a really quick and easy fix could be made: