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Saturday, January 08, 2005
Dems getting their act together on Social Security?
They're at least getting a good start:
Now that we are familiar with Bush's tactics -- trying to convince Americans that there's a crisis where one does not exist -- it's great to see that the Democrats are hammering the President on this. It's about time.
There is no looming crisis in Social Security, and Congress should not rush to create private accounts, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. said Saturday.Link.
"The facts prove that there is no imminent crisis with Social Security. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (news - web sites) says Social Security can pay full benefits for nearly 50 years," Rangel said in the Democratic weekly radio address.
Rangel, senior Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, invoked the memory of the late California Rep. Bob Matsui, his party's former top member on the Social Security subcommittee, in disputing White House arguments that the system needs an overhaul to stay healthy.
Now that we are familiar with Bush's tactics -- trying to convince Americans that there's a crisis where one does not exist -- it's great to see that the Democrats are hammering the President on this. It's about time.
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