[lbo-talk] Is The Bush Admin Social Security Plan Doomed?

[snitsnat]

At 12:30 PM 5/1/2005, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Leigh Meyers wrote:
>
>>Bush proposes different Social Security system for rich, poor.
>
>The politics of this are very weird. Americans aren't fond of "welfare" 
>programs, but that's what Bush is proposing to turn SS into - cutting 
>benefits for middle & upper income people without cutting their taxes. 
>That seems doomed from the start, no? And more broadly damaging 
>politically, I'd think. Am I missing something?

what an excellent way to get rid of it altogether. stigmatize it. In 5-10 
years, bye-bye to it all. Which is what they want, innit?

kelley