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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lawdog who wrote (50261)	10/21/2000 6:34:37 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Ads Attacking Bush on Social Security May Backfire, Democrat Says... By Susan Jones CNS Morning Editor October 20, 2000 (CNSNews.com) - Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush is getting help from a Democrat businessman, as Bush defends and promotes his plan to help younger workers invest some of their own Social Security payroll taxes - while not cutting a dime of benefits to the current crop of seniors. Wade Dokken - the head of a financial services company - Thursday warned his fellow Democrats that their ads attacking Bush's Social Security plan may backfire - costing Al Gore and other Democrats crucial swing voters. Dokken referred to ads that began airing Wednesday - ads that ask which promises George Bush is "going to break." The ads echo what Democrat Al Gore said in the third and final presidential debate - that Bush has promised the same trillion dollars from the Social Security trust fund to young workers as he's promised to senior citizens. On Thursday, Bush told a cheering crowd in Michigan, "A true leader does not try to pit grandparents against grandchildren." He said, "A true leader will fix this problem so that both the 'Greatest Generation' and the rising generation can depend on the promise of Social Security." The Gore campaign is taking advantage of the fact that Bush has withheld specific accounting details of his Social Security plan. Bush says that's because he wants to work out those details in bipartisan negotiations with Congress. In the meantime, Bush insists that the Social Security system, with its projected multi-billion-dollar surpluses, will have "more than enough money to pay all the benefits it owes America's grandparents while allowing grandchildren to open personal accounts." Wade Dokken may be a Democrat, but as the head of a financial services company (American Skandia) he strongly supports the idea of letting younger workers invest some of their payroll taxes, within certain guidelines. He has written a book called New Century, New Deal: How To Turn Your Wages Into Wealth Through Social Security Choice. In a press release dated Oct. 19, 2000, Dokken accused his party of "engaging in the same, predictable Social Security scare tactics that it uses in every election." He said, "The real risk is not using private accounts, market returns, and compound interest to strengthen retirement security for all American workers." Dokken added, "As a lifelong Democrat, I must say that I was impressed that Gov. Bush stood up for Social Security Choice and personal retirement accounts in all three presidential debates."

To: lawdog who wrote (50261)	10/22/2000 12:38:10 PM
From: Shoot1st	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

legalbeagle, Formal education does some people well. In your case it gives you an excuse to go on believing that you are a contributor to society and a worthwhile person. Reality .......is that you fool yourself. Regurgitate what others have said, think not on your own. Few things are more dangerous than a person who, because of an education, falls for their own bullshit. The only benefit society will have from your being is the warmth felt when you leave.