As our nation commemorates the 73rd birthday of Social Security tomorrow, Americans across the country will gather in the culmination of week-long activities sounding the alarm on the economic impact of the McCain-Bush plan to privatize Social Security.
When President Bush went on his Bamboozlepalooza tour to privative Social Security, the American people strongly rejected the risky scheme. His fellow Republicans paid a hefty price at the polls for their support of privatization and significant benefit cuts.
It seems the motto of the Republican candidates this year is "Four More Years," as they attempt to bring back privatization and benefit cuts to those who want no part of it. And while seniors are against the idea by huge margins, that won't stop the Republican candidates from implementing the private accounts.
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DID YOU KNOW?
- Mitt Romney is weighing "deep cuts" in Social Security.
- John McCain supports replacing Social Security benefits with risk-based private savings accounts.
- Fred Thompson said he “applauded Bush for his plan to change Social Security.”
- Duncan Hunter voted to privatize Social Security.
- 49,353,000 Americans receive Social Security benefits, according to the Social Security Administration.
- About 14-percent of Social Security beneficiaries receive it as part of "Disability Insurance."
- One out of every four adult Social Security beneficiaries has "served in the United States military."
Commemorating 73rd Birthday of Social Security, Americans Across the Country Unite to 'Just Say No' to Bush-McCain Plan for Privatization
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MCCAIN WATCH: SAME-AS-BUSH PLAN TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY
Today John McCain is celebrating the anniversary of the creation of Social Security -- the program that has helped keep retirees, surviving spouses and children and the disabled from poverty for over 70 years -- by reviving Bush's risky scheme to privatize Social Security.
#82: Privatizing Social Security
82. Bush and McCain Support the Same Risky Proposal to Privatize Social Security.Read More · Link to this Article
DNC Releases New Web Ad Highlighting the Threat John McCain Poses to Social Security
On the 73rd Anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act--creating a landmark program that has saved millions of Americans from poverty--the Democratic National Committee today released a new web video called "Roosevelt" that highlights the threat John McCain's radical, out of touch agenda poses to the retirement security of millions of Americans. The ad features President Roosevelt's grandson, James Roosevelt Jr., telling John McCain to "keep your hands off our Social Security."Read More · Link to this Article
While He's Focused on Britney and Paris, Can John McCain Answer One Simple Question
This week, John McCain and his campaign have been all over the map on a very straightforward question: would he or wouldn't he consider raising Social Security payroll taxes. After adamantly making a blanket "no new taxes" pledge during the primaries and on the campaign trail, McCain switched his position when he refused to rule it out on ABC's "This Week," instead saying all options would be on the table. McCain's campaign has been scrambling all week, giving shifting and conflicting accounts about what Senator McCain plans to do.Read More · Link to this Article
Dean: John McCain Wants to Privatize Social Security
During a town hall meeting in New Hampshire yesterday, John McCain told the voters, "I am not for privatizing Social Security. I never have been. I never will be." But as a new video released by the Democratic National Committee shows, Senator McCain clearly does support privatizing Social Security. In 2004, Senator McCain said "without privatization, I don't see how you can possibly, over time, make sure that young Americans are able to receive Social Security benefits." In 2005 Senator McCain hit the road with President Bush to help promote the President's failed effort to promote private accounts. In fact, as recently as March 2008, McCain told the Wall Street Journal he still supports President Bush's plan and is "totally in favor of personal savings accounts."Read More · Link to this Article
He'll Say Anything
An article in the Wall Street Journal today highlighted some big flip-flops in McCain's record that I think are pretty striking in how clearly shameless they are.Read More · Link to this Article
