According to this guy it was a minor problem: http://www.house.gov/mcdermott/issues_socsec.shtml
The Democratic view on this issue is not to "kick the can down the road," as the President has suggested. Our view is that we should take our time and make modest changes to Social Security to improve its financing in a way that strengthens the program and is fair for everyone. So, despite the Republican effort to make people afraid of losing their economic security in retirement, the system is on sound financial footing for quite some time. The President started the discussion on Social Security by saying that the system would soon be bankrupt and that the system faced a crisis. That's bad math and bad policy to scare people for no reason. The Social Security system needs to be strengthened. That's not a crisis. That's the truth. On 7/17/06, So Kenfused wrote: > Not exactly. I supported the privatization of Social Security. However, > Many people were concerned that the average citizen would get ripped off by > scams, charges etc.. And few trusted Bush to put together a system that > would incorporate the high integrity required for such a venture. > > I don't remember the left saying Social Security isn't an issue. They said > they didn't like the idea of privatization and didn't trust Bush to make a > sound system that didn't make billions for his buddies at the expense of the > average citizen. I wouldn't be surpised if he would have given the > privatization contract to Haliburton. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211321 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
