After the SOTU - Chris Matthews

[TNOE]

said something to the effect of "obviously Bush is going to fund these projects with the Social Security funds"..... which didn't necessarily seem obvious to me - can we check on how many millions of dollars Bush* has already robbed from Social Security?

[GinaMaria]

1. the Democratic response

said the same thing about SS funding his projects. Not sure where to find the information you seek.

[RapidCreek]

2. He'll make a point of robbing enough to destroy it....

that's all part of the plan! Hell, who gives a shit about blue hairs when you can take pictures of piles of rocks on mars? Any real American knows that a comfortable retirement and health care aren't a right they're a privilege.

How can we keep Kenny Boy in 8 bathroom 10 bedroom "Cabins" and fund Kozlowski's humps birthday parties if that SS money ain't in the stock market?

RC

[RedEarth]

3. Over the last few weeks there have been several articles posted

regarding the amount of money that hasn't been taken out of SS to fund the general budget of the US. As I recall Krugman wrote one of the articles and mentioned the Clinton admin used approx. $50 billon/yr. when he was in office and bush has been using approx. $200 billion/yr.

During the last election, Gore fequently used the phase he would put a "lock box" on the SS funds. Needless to say, bush feels that SS is money he can spend now and disregard the future viability of SS.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. har, har, har. IF only I had access to the Chris Matthew's archived

tapes. What a difference three years make.