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Kennedy Lays DNC Plan For Social Security

By J.J. Jackson

March 8, 2005

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Old Teddy “is my nose red?” Kennedy has laid out his plan for Social Security and I don‘t think that it is much of a stretch to say that it is also the official Democratic Party plan as well since he is simply parroting what many others in the party have called for. He stated bluntly that there would be no discussion of “private” accounts with regards to fixing the broken unconstitutional system that is Social Security. Ok, so let’s look at the options.

To fix the problems with Social Security not having enough money to pay out its “promise” you have to do some combination of the following.

1) Eliminate Social Security altogether.

2) Allow individuals to invest a portion of their SSI funds in the private sector and keep those funds for themselves.

3) Allow the government to invest a portion of the SSI funds in the private sector and keep those funds for themselves if you die before you get all your benefits.

4) Raise the retirement age.

5) Raise SSI taxes.

6) Cut benefits.

Oops, but that’s right, the second solution is already off the table according to the Chappaquiddick Killer. And option one is never going to be proposed by this Congress or President. So let’s see what that leaves us with.

Item 2 amounts to a method for government to make more money while not letting you have anything more than what they “promise”

Item 3 is essentially a decrease in benefits

Item 4 is a tax increase

Item 5 is another benefit cut

So what is the liberal plan? Seems pretty clear to me. Raise taxes, cut benefits, and keep taking your money and only giving you what they decide you need. Let’s go through that again shall we?

The Liberal Democrat Plan:

1) Raise Taxes

2) Decrease Benefits

3) Keep your money for themselves

Boy, talk about a broken record. Can we get anything new out of Marxists in our government? Can we do something other than the same old same old?

Personally I get rather tired of the attitude of government Marxists that think they know what is best for me and think that our money is really their money. Make no mistake, that is exactly what the plan being put forth by Kennedy and others entails; government control of money they see as rightfully theirs.

The funny thing about Social Security is that Marxists talk about how great the system is although it is beginning to seem as though they are finally being forced to admit that there is a problem. Yet for being so “great” they have to keep dragging American’s kicking and screaming into the plan and threaten you with prison if you don’t participate. I guess for left wingers that really is a “great” system because it gives them power over you and I.

But for being so “great” even my 401k and other retirement accounts have out performed the piddly 1.9 to 2% returns of SSI despite the market going through a couple rough years. If SSI is so “great” then I guess that my private investments should be causing orgasms!

The fact is that SSI is not “great” nor is it even “good”. Heck it isn’t even “ok”. It’s down right bad and in the history of bad ideas this socialist program is one of the shining jewels of bad ideas. It takes our money and gives it to other people and then allows those that lust for power the leverage on elderly American’s to scare them into voting for them year after year.

And how do the government Marxists propose solving such a problem? Raise taxes. Cut benefits. Take your money for themselves. This record is so broken I cannot even believe that it still has enough left in it to be played year after year.