Don't hold back, Jim. Tell us what you really think.<g>
Actually, I too agree with AG on the question of investing social security funds. However, I'd hardly equate the idea with communism. As for "pit bull Republican... communism for the privileged only" and getting ideas "from the KKK"... well... let's just say yours is an interesting and unique viewpoint. Sounds like you are equating the GOP to a certain political movement defeated in Europe more than 50 years ago. That movement, BTW, was hardly "communist".
I think Greenspan's point was that the temptations to use it for political leverage, financial corruption or ill-advised tinkering under the guise of a "national industrial policy" all present threats to both the economy and the society as a whole. I also think the tendency to give in to those temptations exists in both parties, but the majority of neither.
BWDIK? Perhaps Newt and Trent, while flying around on those tobacco company jets, were really hatching a plan to nationalize the tobacco industry through a buyout with social security funds, after which, they would promote smoking among the working classes while also slashing health benefits, thereby reducing the average lifespan of Americans and eliminating the social security funding problem. What do you think?
Bob |
