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To: Amy J who wrote (212846)	12/7/2004 10:24:31 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572507

Amy, check this article out: Investors want Soc. Security reform-poll marketwatch.com

To: Amy J who wrote (212846)	12/7/2004 10:25:11 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572507

You have absolutely no clue what gets hidden from the public. How do you know what I have a clue about or don't? I have posted a few dozen articles and personal posts about the Medicare scam of a bill that was passed earlier by the bush. Krugman screwed up in his article. He should have focused on how the problem is severe (just like all his economic buddies think) and then he should have gone heavy on blasting away on the tax cuts. THAT's what he should have done. He did blast the tax cuts. He has been screeming at the top of his lungs against the tax cuts. Did you watch his encounter with O'Reilly on CNBC? Have you ever seen Ben Cohen's Oreo cookie demonstration? Al

To: Amy J who wrote (212846)	12/7/2004 12:20:29 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572507

re: But it does give my generation the ability to put a little money in our own name, because frankly, we very well know what the SS economic models say for our generation. Very well, we do indeed. If you "fix" SS, the model changes for future generations. The private accounts are not a solution, they are frankly a new and different issue. It looks like the Bush plan is to add debt to fund the transition costs. In no way would I support this. And Amy, you should back off the generational competition. If I'm not mistaken, your Gen X folks were voting when we went from a balanced budget under Clinton to the sorry state of affairs we are in now. It's as much your debt as it is mine. SS has been a fine program, and will continue to be a fine program with some adjustments. I think the privatrized account are a good objective, but the details have to be exactly right. The first detail is cost, and there is no way we can afford adding $1Trillion to $2Trillion in debt... it could literally kill any hope for your generation to experience a significant economic expansion in their lifetime. We're all in this together. John