Well right after being reelected in 2004, Bush tried to fix social security and Democrats and the corrupt MSM screamed like stuck pigs.
Personally, I would get rid of SS altogether, and eliminate the payroll tax along with it. This may sound contradictory to my earlier replies to some, but it’s not. Whether SS is forcibly eliminated or it eventually goes bankrupt, everyone is going to have to save their own money for retirement, in addition to what they eventually have to spend for relatives currently on the system.
That’s why the Repubs should let the Dems fix it. It’s their mess. And the Repubs should not be dumb enough to join a “commission” or “panel” to “fix” federal spending because it’s only a cover to raise taxes and claim a “bipartisan solution.” In other words, deprive the Repubs of one of their most powerful reasons for being elected in lieu of Dems.
You got that right!
Call It Socialism Security February 22, 2005
The problems of Social Security are mammoth, and these problems stretch over into future generations. Something must be done, and it must be done now. Enter President Bush.
Bush has begun to open a dialogue that Washington passed over for many years. Bush has laid a few markers down for Social Security personal accounts, but remains open to ideas.
Democrats--whose solution to the runaway train wreck of Social Security was to gather around the FDR Memorial in the National Mall in staged solidarity for media consumption--have exhibited much heavy-breathing and unvarnished hostility towards Bush’s idea of personal accounts.
Demagoguery Unleashed April 26, 2005
The Democrats put on a sad spectacle at the Capitol today, rallying their armies of the ignorant to oppose any reform in the Social Security system:
[see photo in article]
Awwww, but it wasn't just the demonrats! Nooooo, here is one of the "esteemed" republicans in 2005!
[You may remember 2005...one of only 2 years out of 8 that President Bush supposedly had a decent majority in both Houses.]
Grassley: no Social Security reform now November 8, 2005:
Iowa Senator says Bush's overhaul is off the table until after the next presidential election.
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