Instead of posting Kerry's comments why not just post Kerry's achievements
in this area? He's been at the federal level much longer then Bush. The SS
slide happened during his career in the Senate, not during GW's time as
president.
Oh I almost forgot. It's that part of the cycle for Demo's to start
scaring
seniors so they can get back into their jobs, doing nothing again, and get
ready for the next cycle of scaring the seniors, get their jobs back, so
they can do nothing, so they can scare the seniors, get their jobs back,
so
they can do nothing, so they can scare the seniors, get their jobs back,
so
they can do nothing, so they can scare the seniors, get their jobs back,
so
they can do nothing, so they can scare the seniors, get their jobs back,
so
they can do nothing, so they can scare the seniors, get their jobs back,
so
they can do nothing, so they can scare the seniors, get their jobs back,
so
they can do nothing, so they can scare the seniors, ..................
There certainly is a wake up call in here.
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> Kerry: Greenspan Warning Is Wake-Up Call
> Friday, August 27, 2004
> By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
>
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&u=/ap/20040828/ap_on_el_pr/kerry&printer=1
>
> SAN FRANCISCO - Democrat John Kerry's presidential campaign said Friday
that Federal
> Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's warning of a looming crisis for
Social
Security and
> Medicare should be a wake-up call that President Bush's economic
policies
have failed.
>
> Kerry spokeswoman Allison Dobson said Bush has driven up deficits that
have put Social
> Security in danger.
>
> "Instead of making tough choices, George Bush squandered the budget
surplus on tax breaks
> for the wealthiest Americans that dug us deep into deficits and cost
taxpayers more than
> three times as much as it would have taken to save Social Security for
generations to
> come," Dobson said as Kerry campaigned for votes and dollars in the Bay
Area.
>
> Earlier in the day, Greenspan said during a speech in Jackson, Wyo.,
that
the government
> can not deliver on its benefit promises even under the most optimistic
economic
> assumptions on growth and productivity. He urged Congress to quickly
trim
Social Security
> and Medicare benefits for the baby boom generation.
>
> Kerry has rejected the idea of cutting benefits. Kerry's position is
that
he can grow the
> economy, and that will pay for the increasing number of retirees.
>
> "I guarantee you the first best thing to do with Social Security is to
put
America back to
> work in better paying jobs than the ones that went overseas," Kerry said
at a town hall
> meeting Friday evening in Everett, Wash.
>
> Bush favors giving younger workers the option of putting part of their
payroll tax into
> personal retirement accounts. Kerry opposes the plan for partial
privatization.
>
> Kerry is planning to take time off from campaigning next week during the
Republican
> National Convention at his family home on Nantucket. But with election
day
approaching, he
> had a full day of events Friday with an eye on the calendar.
>
> "Sixty-seven days," Kerry said in Everett. "There are less days between
now and the
> election than there are between the election and the inauguration. This
clock is ticking."
>
> Earlier, Kerry spoke to voters at a town hall meeting at a high school
gymnasium in Daly
> City, Calif. He said Bush has neglected the middle class and he promised
to curb credit
> card fees and protect home buyers and military families from unfair
lending practices.
>
> Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said, "John Kerry's campaign of
pessimism is intent
> on talking down our economy and ignores the challenges and progress we
have made."
>
> Kerry also spoke at a luncheon fund-raiser in San Francisco that brought
in $3 million for
> the Democratic presidential fund. He was attending a Friday night
fund-raiser in Seattle
> expected to raise another $1.5 million, said his spokesman David Wade.
>
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