Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread JDG
At 01:53 PM 1/14/2005 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote: > FAIR-L > Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting >Media analysis, critiques and activism > >http://www.fair.org/activism/abc-socialsecurity.html Does it really contribute to the debate he

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 15, 2005, at 7:20 AM, JDG wrote: I guess we're all liberals now on brin-l, so we can forward leftist action items to all of us, right? As an antidote to certain sources of incessant right-wing ultraconservative gabble, you mean? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http:

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Gary Denton
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 09:20:38 -0500, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:53 PM 1/14/2005 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote: > > FAIR-L > > Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting > >Media analysis, critiques and activism > > > >http://www.fair.o

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Gary Denton
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:13:16 -0600, Gary Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 09:20:38 -0500, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 01:53 PM 1/14/2005 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote: > Should I point you to the Constitution or federal law about how real > these obligations are? > > Or

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread JDG
At 04:13 PM 1/15/2005 -0600 Gary Denton wrote: >That is a fairly ignorant talking point. The point is not the number >of workers per retirees Shirley, you can't be serious. JDG ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Gary Denton
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:17:21 -0500, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 04:13 PM 1/15/2005 -0600 Gary Denton wrote: > >That is a fairly ignorant talking point. The point is not the number > >of workers per retirees > > Shirley, you can't be serious. ... and my name is not Shirley, but if it was

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Gary Denton
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:26:51 -0600, Gary Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:17:21 -0500, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 04:13 PM 1/15/2005 -0600 Gary Denton wrote: > I normally disagree with Netter but he laid out the false claims of Bush here: > http://cbs.marketwatc

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate] > On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:17:21 -0500, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Gary Denton
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 18:40:31 -0600, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure, but the ratio of workers to retirees was given as the basis for > raising taxes in the '80s in order to have a cushion for the baby boomers. > >From 1950 to 2002, the life expectancy at 65 changed from 13.9 to 18.2

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate] > > Thus, the baby boomer population bulge does matter. > >

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Erik Reuter
* Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If you just enjoy making rhetorical points, then that's OK Here's one: "We have a great opportunity now to take action now to avert a crisis in the Social Security system. We have a great opportunity now to be able to tell all these young people who

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Gary Denton
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:22:37 -0500, Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > If you just enjoy making rhetorical points, then that's OK > > Here's one: > > "We have a great opportunity now to take action now to avert a crisis > in the Social Sec

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-15 Thread Erik Reuter
* Gary Denton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Interesting quote from Clinton as he presented a balanced budget in > 98. Should I insert a rhetorical point here about the GOP? If you like, but I probably won't be reading it. My post was just testing a hypothesis about whether you would make a cogent

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-16 Thread Gary Denton
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:02:57 -0600, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In short, Gary, while I agree with you that Erik can be more tactful in > expressing his viewpoint, I also see some things from Erik's point of vi

Re: [Fwd: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate]

2005-01-17 Thread Gary Denton
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