Today's Debunking of the So Called Social Security Crisis(SCSSC)
Josh Marshall
It's Really a National Debt Problem

As pretty much all the sensible articles on Social Security have made clear, to the extent that we have a problem, it is not a Social Security problem, but an accumulated national debt problem. And this isn't just a looking at one side or the other

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So why does the president figure he can get away without making good on the debt to the folks who pay Social Security taxes, who are overwhelmingly low and middle-income wage earners (since no one pays Social Security tax on investment income or wage and salary income over about $85,000 a year)?

Isn't it obvious? Because he thinks they're an easy mark.

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Across the board, it's just one big scam.

The guy who's the biggest threat to Social Security says he wants to 'save' it by abolishing the program and replacing it with private accounts.

It's a very good post and I recommend reading the whole thing. The only thing I would add is that this has been the Republicans plan ever since Reagan, if no before. Huge deficits to force the cutting of social programs, which to them are the root of all evil.
- posted by Mom/Dad @ 6:47 AM