Alan K. Simpson's letter to the executive director of OWL, Ashley B. Carson, is as follows:
From: Alan K. Simpson
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 6:52 PM
To: Owl@owl-national.org
Subject: To Ashley Carson re 4/27/10 article
Ashley B. Carson
Executive Director, OWL
Dear Ms. Carson,
Someone was good enough to forward me your column of “Enough with the Pink Panthers Bit” of April 27,
2010.
Some of what you say is true. Much is not – but that’s nothing new about public life for me! I have news for
you too, my friend. There may be no group called the Pink Panthers working to protect Social Security but I
sure as hell am! I’ve spent many years in public life trying to stabilize that system while people like you babble
into the vapors about “disgusting attempts at ageism and sexism” and all the rest of that crap. (BOLDFACE MINE, xocet)
Now hold on tight, because you won’t like what I’m sending you. You may obviously be aware that the Social
Security system is “in trouble.” If you don’t agree with that, then there is no need to read any further. But I wish
to share with you the presentation by Stephen C. Goss, Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration on
May 12, 2010 to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. If you think the statistics on
poverty for seniors are alarming – then you need to read this little pamphlet to know what is really alarming.
If we can’t get a handle on this system and make it sustainable and assure long term solvency, and make some
changes that are “minor” at the present time and will become “major” as each year passes, then take a look at
the chart on Page 6 which I hope you are able to discern if you are any good at reading graphs – or anything that
might challenge your biases and prejudices.
Anyway, have a look at it and if you should choose, you might communicate with me. If you have some better
suggestions about how to stabilize Social Security instead of just babbling into the vapors, let me know. And
yes, I’ve made some plenty smart cracks about people on Social Security who milk it to the last degree. You
know ‘em too. It’s the same with any system in America. We’ve reached a point now where it’s like a milk cow
with 310 million tits! Call when you get honest work! (BOLDFACE MINE, xocet)
Al
(http://library.constantcontact.com/doc209/1102372204926/doc/sVSMT2oCX0EFU3Or.pdf)
Essentially, the letter speaks for itself.
Is Alan K. Simpson a person who should be on the so-called Debt Commission, properly titled the
http://www.fiscalcommission.gov">National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, if there must be such a commission as it relates to
Social Security? The answer is simple - no.
President Obama should have Alan Simpson resign or if Simpson will not resign, President Obama should fire him immediately.To those who might consider such a call for Alan K. Simpson's removal to be extreme, one needs only to remember the following events:
ACORN did nothing: look at
the consequences. Shirley Sherrod did nothing: look at
the consequences.Van Jones did nothing: look at
the consequences.