Iowa voter Tod Bowman wants to tell you something.

[Colobo]

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post_group/ObamaHQ/CS2B#comments

Click on the video and listen carefully. :)

[hedgehog]

1. A plan for fixing social security fairly AND a call for fiscal responsibility.

Gee, I thought we had to choose one or the other according to Hillary!

[Colobo]

2. Kick.

[illinoisprogressive]

3. After 98 thousand, Buffet did not have to pay anything! How screwed is that?

[Mother Of Four]

4. Finally....

A real answer. My husband is 49, I'm 37. Fortunately we are both healthy but his age is rapidly approaching that 63 and 1/3 mark.

Raiding social security to balance the budget is robbing Peter to pay Paul, and while Paul gets richer Peter ends up eating Alpo over toast.

It's a crying shame.

[MH1]

5. Yep.

Some initial amount of income should be exempted, then the cap raised or eliminated.

The reason for the cap initially (as I understand it) was to create a simple program that wasn't a blatant redistribution of income. If you eliminate the cap completely, it becomes redistribution. I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing, but it's more troublesome politically. OTOH, it should be possible to make a case for raising the cap to keep the program solvent. In fact as far as I can see, that is the only "solution" that is in keeping with the program's initial intention. Anything else is a design change. A design change isn't necessarily a bad thing, but we should see it for what it is.

I like that Obama isn't afraid to address this issue rationally.

[CK_John]

6. Obama trying to solve a problem that isn't there, is being played by anti-FDR wing of the GOP. n/t

[Colobo]

7. Wrong. There is a problem, and it needs to be solved.

[CK_John]

8. What problem, funded thru 2030/40, depending on the beankeeper. No oil is problem. n/t

[phen43]

9. Excellent video!!!!

Say it like it is Todd Bowman!!!:patriot:

[phen43]

10. GO OBAMA GO!!!

:woohoo:

[phen43]

11. KICK!!!

:kick: