[Mb-hair] the Prez explains...maybe something for the civicslist...

[Cara Robin]

Sounds like a comic strip.  Everyone's making jokes about it.

From: Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>
Reply-To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
To: HAIR List <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] the Prez explains...maybe something for the 
civicslist...
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:18:49 -0700

Read it 3X still doesn't mak sense.
Send it to mb-civic at islandlists.com.
Any problem, let me know
XO Michael
 >
 >
 > Hi Michael,
 > thought this was interesting, but don't know how to send it to the civics
 > list
 >
 > Hugs
 > Dagmar
 > pretty dismal, isn't it?
 >
 >
 > The President Clears It All Up.
 > Where the President explains the virtues of his Social Security plan,
 > Tampa, FL, Feb. 4, 2005.
 >
 > This is the record verbatim:
 > Woman in audience: "I don't really understand. How is it the new
 > [Social Security] plan is going to fix that problem?"
 >
 > President Bush:
 > "Because the -- all which is on the table begins to address the big cost
 > drivers. For example, how benefits are calculated, for example, is on the
 > table. Whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price
 > increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being
 > considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers,
 > affecting those -- changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to 
get
 > what has been promised more likely to be -- or closer delivered to that 
has
 > been promised. Does that make any sense to you? It's kind of muddled.
 > Look, there's a series of things that cause the -- like, for example,
 > benefits are calculated based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to 
the
 > increase of prices. Some have suggested that we calculate -- the benefits
 > will
 > rise based upon inflation, as opposed to wage increases. There is a 
reform
 > that would help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other 
words,
 > how
 > fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those --
 > if that growth is affected, it will help on the red."
 >
 >
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