Social Security and Town Hall Meetings-be prepared

[liveoaktx]

I read the other day that the Republican representatives are doing a dog and pony in their districts for Social Security in the next two weeks. Yesterday I got a call from Rep Chet Edward's office (D) about a town hall meeting next week in my county, and I assume he's also going to be holding them in his other counties as well.

I plan to make a one page flyer on social security to give out at the meeting.

Suggesting you find out if YOUR rep is also going to have a town hall meeting and if so, show up and bring some literature.

[johncoby2]

1. GOOD POST! DeLay coming to Clear Lake on Weds

I will call his office and find out what is going on/

[texastoast]

2. Need talking points

And more education! From what I understand, this is bad for both young and old people. I think your flyer idea is great.

I saw you on my GD Politics thread. I'm hoping to get really specific if I get the chance. Let me know if you have anything to add or if you think my questions could be better worded/direccted.

Here are my concerns and what I've been reading this weekend.

1. What will make Mr. Bush's plan different from the Thatcher experiment in the U.K.? (As much as 30% was charged for management of fees and charges, resulting in no modest earnings at all.) An interviewee on Thursday's BBC World Report said, "The promises of great returns amounted to nothing. We got about 80% of what we put in. We would have been better off putting our money under our mattress."

2. Can people my age opt out of privatization completely, as was recommended by many U.K. insurance companies to their customers in 2002?

3. What type of recourse does someone forced into privatization have against a poorly performing fund?

4. What type of funds will be offered? What are their historical earnings?

5. What are national economic options to the alleged "Social Security will be broke by 2042" spiel that Mr. Bush is touting? Why can't we keep Social Security as is and make plans for Social Security NOT going broke in 2042? How would government spending have to change to achieve that?


http://www.socsec.org/publications.asp?pubid=503

http://www.prospect.org/web/printfriendly-view.ww?id=89...

http://democrats.senate.gov/ss/calc.html#

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF...

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5530&sequence=0

[liveoaktx]

5. Those are great questions

I intend, if Edwards doesn't, to bring up how one loses one's annuity if one DIES before retirement, that one could actually LOSE money (and it definitely won't be a windfall), that Bush said in the 1970's that the system would be broke in 10 years (oops), that the system could be fixed by 2040 (YEARS FROM NOW< NOT A CRISIS) by raising the SS cap, rescinding some tax cuts for the most wealthy and/or quit spending like a drunken sailor NOT EVEN ON OUR COUNTRY.

[liveoaktx]

3. Kick- IS YOUR REP HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING THIS

WEEK OR NEXT?

I took the AARP talking points to put into a document which I intend to print some copies of-----and I am taking my laptop with a few clips of James Roosevelt talking about insurance NOT investment.

[crispini]

4. I got notified because I'm on the MoveOn.org mailing list

but so far I haven't been able to verify the meeting information they gave me (tomorrow). I guess I'll just show up and see if it is happening. They gave me a kit of points to address and I'm also planning to take my copy of "Running on Empty" to wave around.

[crispini]

6. I went!

It was great fun. Update to follow shortly.