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CHAIRMAN: EXAMINE RACE, GENDER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGES
Mon Jan 24 2005 10:20:45 ET

House Ways and Means chairman Rep. Bill Thomas [R-CA] on Sunday claimed
Congress should consider looking at Social Security reforms that would
payout future benefits -- on such factors as race and gender!

Depressed and determined Dems are ready to rip hard, top party sources
tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

"Bush's Republican Party is full of ill-conceived, dangerous ideas about
the future of Social Security. But no idea seems more dangerous or
patently unfair than linking Social Security benefits to a person's race
and gender," blasted one well-placed Dem.

The Kern County congressman explained to NBCNEWS Tim Russert on Sunday:

"We also need to examine, frankly, ... the question of race, in terms of
how many years of retirement do you get based upon your race. And you
ought not to just leave gender off the table, because that would be a
factor."

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MR. RUSSERT: Do you think Congress, Mr. Chairman, would accept any formula
that said that people would be treated differently because of their gender
or their race?

REP. THOMAS: If we discuss it and the will is not to do it, fine. At least
we discussed it. To simply raise the age and find out that you've got
gender, race and occupational problems later, I would not be doing the
kind of service that I think I have to do. You and I have been around
quite a while. We went through the '80s. We went into the '90s. And now
we're in the 21st century. We saw the choices that were made in the past.
We went to the well over and over again with the same old solutions which
really aren't solutions. We've reached the point where we have to
fundamentally examine it in my opinion. The president has given us that
opportunity. We ought to take it.

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Thomas hit controversy last summer after he instructed Capitol Police to
remove Democrat committee members from a room on the Hill.

Choking back tears at times, Thomas stood on the floor of the U.S. House
of Representatives and acknowledged using "poor judgment" during the
episode.
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When Californians see goofballs like this as their "Republican"
representatives, it makes Democrats like Gary Condit seem like an
improvement. Of course, I don't know how anybody with a brain could vote
for Boxer. SpongeBob would be a better Senator...even if he *is* gay.

Yeah, the deomcrats, unfortunately, don't have a monoply on nutcases.