[edcoil]

I’d agree with you but never saw any republican leadership fix it either.

[Enchante]

True, and both parties share the blame.... BUT, this is one of those issues where the Demagoguery of the left drives the whole non-debate off a cliff, because anyone who dares to stick his head up and try to deal with (as Pres. Bush did) gets so smeared, beaten up, and driven off the stage that we end up more stuck in our ways than ever. For THAT we can blame primarily the vicious Demagogues, IMHO.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

You may or may not recall that Bush put a committee together as one of his first acts as President. This task force was headed up by Daniel Patrick Moynihan to start promoting the challenges and necessities associated with the reforming of Social Security. Townhall style meetings were held around the country — virtually no other Demo participation. Unfortunately, 9/11 came along and that program got diverted and de-emphasized. But W ran on reforming social security again in 2004 — and that was one of his first initiatives entering his second term. But the Dems wouldn’t even allow committee hearings to go forward.

Don’t tell me the Republican leadership didn’t try to fix it — they went further than the Dems EVER did. But the Dems refused to even allow it to come up for discussion. All demagoguery (sp?). You know what that means, right?

“The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.” (quote from HL Mencken). I think that pretty much describes Hillary, Nancy, Dingy Harry, Ted “The Submariner” Kennedy and all the rest.