-Caveat Lector- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 16:09:10 -0800 (PST) From: Franklin Wayne Poley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard A. Gephardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BCPOLITICS] Re: The Gephardt Report
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Richard A. Gephardt wrote: > **** SOCIAL SECURITY **** > > For 67 years Social Security has been the cornerstone of our retirement system. The >American people trust this program. However, the Republican Majority Leader, Dick >Armey, wants to privatize this secure system by subjecting the Social Security Trust >Fund to the volatilities of the stock market. Enron’s collapse is a prime argument >against Social Security privatization. Enron’s fall caused thousands of >once-prosperous employees to lose their life savings. The plan offered by Mr. Armey >and the Republicans fails to provide the most basic guarantees of a secure retirement >income because it casts the entire future of the program in doubt. Meanwhile, the >Administration’s budget drains $1.5 trillion from the Social Security trust fund, >breaking both parties’ promise to safeguard the trust funds. Two of the three plans >offered by the President’s Social Security Commission explicitly propose cuts in >benefits, while the third plan could lead to benefit cuts even for individuals who >opt out of private accounts. Why beat around the bush on this, Dick? How about floating "Gulags, Inc." on the New York Stock Exchange? FWP ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4. No Minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/BgmYkB/VovDAA/ySSFAA/XgSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> According to <http://www.gov.bc.ca> some 3/4 of British Columbians were Internet users by 2001. In 5 years or so, the new EDD, "Electronic Direct Democracy" will be fully developed and the CITIZENS' PARLIAMENT will hold the reins of power daily over the Victoria Parliament. The 1996 Recall and Initiative Act enables CITIZENS to recall even the Premier. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
