[lbo-talk] W gloats; Clinton cheerleads

[jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net]

> Jim Farmelant's latest nonsense:
> 
> > Even if at some point they succeed in getting a
> > Democrat into the White House, what do you think
> > is going to happen?  Probably, privatize social
> > security
> 
> Farmelant, you're obviously a well-read person, which is why it takes a
> titanic effort on your part to be this obtuse. In case you haven't noticed,
> we're in the middle of a fight to preserve Social Security, a fight that we
> appear to be winning at least for the time being. But it is a fight that we
> would not even have to have if Kerry had won, and you have to be willfully
> stupid not to know this. If you persist in trying to argue otherwise, you
> are simply not worth talking to. You are living on another planet.
> 
> 
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> John Lacny
> http://www.johnlacny.com

I am unsure how Kerry would have dealt with SS but I think he would have opposed 
privatization. He made some unclear comments about private accounts in the past but I don't 
think he was wedded to the idea the way Bush is and would have probably used opposition to 
privatization as a way to define himself. That was the direction his campaign took so I think 
you are probably correct that this fight would not be taking place had Kerry won.

Don't forget after Clinton did his hatched job on Welfare he had his sights set on private 
accounts for SS. If it were not for scandals hobbling him I think he would have done it too. It 
wasn't lack of desire for private accounts that was responsible for failing to deliver them. Clinton 
lived on this planet too I think. 

A Democrat in the White House is no guarantee for SS. I think Gore was hot for private 
accounts too but I would have to double check that. Doesn't Hillary favor privatization too?

John Thornton