There He Goes Again!
There he goes again!
“Personal accounts do not permanently fix the solution.”
Those were the words of our feckless Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush at his press conference March 16. It sounded like a concession, but the Master of Malaprop proceeded to clarify his position.
According to the New York Times, “The president ignored a question about whether he would be willing to drop the private accounts from his plan in exchange for a negotiated deal with Democrats on benefits cuts and tax increases to assure the solvency of Social Security.”
Then he answered a question about when Congress should act on the issue by saying, “as quickly as possible, whatever that means.”
Whatever that means ...
The Prez reiterated his tiresome mantra of “I fully understand it's a difficult issue. Otherwise, it would have been solved a long time ago.”
Then he added this Lincolnesque declamation: “And I understand some members don't, you know, view this as a tough vote. In other words, you know, why did you bring it up?”
I don’t know, you know, why did you?
Despite raising the issue and flogging it ceaselessly across the country with his “sky is falling” alarums, the Commander-in-Chief said he would not propose a more detailed plan of his own because he knew Congress would reject it!
“I'm interested in coming up with a permanent solution. I'm not interested in playing political games.”
Well, that makes everything perfectly clear.
posted by Jamakaya @ 5:46 AM
2 comments
2 Comments:
Thank you Jamakaya for highlighting this issue!
Bush's Social Security plan is a scam. A shameful rip-off which will only line the pockets of Bush’s big business amigos. It has no real government oversight – unlike President Clinton’s proposal to invest some of the money in the Social Security funds in the stock market under government regulation. The Repugs went ape-shit when Clinton proposed that one.
What will the government say when investors make bad investment choices (i.e. Enron, WorldCom)?
“Oh, I’m sorry, you screwed up. Wish we could help. I hear cat food is quite tasty.”
I hope the Dems in Congress don't bend over on this issue like they did on the recently-passed Bankruptcy Bill. That’s another Bush scam designed to give more money to the raptor-like credit card companies. Despite the fact that most personal bankruptcies are the result of medical bills not; credit card debt. But, that another issue.
Unfortunately, this Social Security won’t get proper coverage in the mainstream media.
After all, there are more important things to worry about – like whether Michael Jackson really diddled little boys.
Privatizing Social Security, like the invasion of Iraq, permanent tax cuts, and putting bankruptcy and the legal system out of reach of the middle and lower classes were never really intended to solve the problems Dubya claimed they were meant to address. They're just what he wanted to do anyway.
(How ironic is it that thanks to the Republicans, only the rich can afford bankruptcy?)
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