[Mb-civic] Re: The demise of Social Security reform

[ean at sbcglobal.net]

This article by noted right wing intellectual David Brooks is, in my 
humble opinion, utter nonsense.  Social Security "reform" is about 
privatizing and ultimately destroying the most popular and successful 
govt program in US history by rightwing idealogues who are bent on 
destroying every shred of the 20th Century legacy of progressive social 
reforms.  Private accounts have utterly nothing to do with saving social 
security from being underfunded (sort of like invading Iraq had nothing 
to do with weapons of mass destruction.....or with democracy)  
beginning in either 2042 or 2052 (depending on whether you believe 
the SS adminstrators or the GAO).  The deficit can be easily solved by 
doing away with the payroll tax ceiling.  Despite the propoganda 
campaign around Social Security, the majority of Americans, clinging 
to common sense, oppose it.  

So I guess the point of sharing this article is to show us that for once, 
the ultraright wing seems to be losing a battle.  Well, I guess that is 
worthwhile--maybe it will signal a trend!  May sanity prevail!

--Mha Atma

On 15 Mar 2005 at 12:00, mb-civic-request at islandlists.com wrote:

> The demise of Social Security reform exemplifies everything that's wrong
> with contemporary politics.