Reply #9: my parents didn't like me telling them this... [View All]

[SangamonTaylor]

i don't think they realized the implications of Bush planning to allow young people (like me) to put money into private accounts (and out of SS).

I don't think they really liked hearing that.

My Dads small business failed recently. He had to let his entire staff of around 15 engineers go. It's in shambles, now and he is the only engineer left. He had to spend his entire 401k, mostly on my sick grandparents (who thought 'health insurance was only for poor people who don't have cash'). They've been threatened with forclosure on their house (35 year old house...on a second mortgage). Yet, somehow, they thought Bush did a pretty good job, and decided to vote for him last week (early voting here in TX). My brother has been laid off....twice, since Bush has been in office.