Bill McKee wrote:
Living large: one example: Any body who put very little in to the "trust
Fund" and is getting a nice sized check is living large.

OK, I guess that part was easy.

For myself, I don't think Social Security provides *anybody* with the
means to "live large" but then I'm accustomed to a standard of living
wherein a 5 course meal doesn't include peanut butter.


.. At least Bush is proposing a fix.

Is he? The proposal I've seen increases the deficit, shortens the time
to Social Security going bust, and does nothing to redress long term
Social Security cash flow imbalances.

If you look back in several other threads, you'll see how difficult it
is to defend President Bush's Social Security proposal(s) from a
standpoint of fiscal common sense. If OTOH you want to see a lot of Wall
St money kicked back to pro-Bush campaign coffers (used to be simply
Republican, but now the Rove-Bush team has begun attacking many fellow
Repubs), then it's easy to defend.

DSK