On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 19:46:08 -0500, hkrause wrote:

Don White wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...

The 'progressives' don't seem to want to be so with regard to social

security.

They seem more concerned with preserving the status quo.

John H



What's the problem with social security? Here the Gov't just doubled the
premiums from both the employee and employer to make sure the system doesn't
implode as the baby boom generation gets ready to draw. (Canada Pension
Plan)




The problem with social security is that Bush wants to establish a
payoff for his buddies on Wall Street, and the partial privatization he
proposes will do just that.

There are many ways to fix the far in the future social security
problems without doing away with the current program.

Did the Thrift Savings Plan provide a payoff for 'buddies on Wall Street'? Is
allowing a choice over the disposition of 4% of an individual's contributions
'doing away with the current program'?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

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