Bill Scher: Here's A Little Straight Talk, My Friends. John McCain Hates Social Security

[marmar]

from OurFuture.org:



Here's A Little Straight Talk, My Friends. John McCain Hates Social Security.
By Bill Scher

July 10th, 2008 - 10:29am ET


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Sen. John McCain, I'm one of your friends, right? The kind of friend who can handle some of your special brand of Straight Talk™.

So why won't you just tell me you hate Social Security?

Twice this week you lambasted the founding principle of Social Security, that, as you described, "we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today." In separate appearances, you called the way Social Security has been structured for more than 70 years an "absolute disgrace," and a "broken" system.

Twice! You even called that pronouncement "Straight Talk™." That's no slip of the tongue. You must mean it.

So why did you backtrack yesterday when asked about it from reporters? Instead of saying that you hate the founding principle of Social Security, you revised your remarks: "They are paying into a system that they won’t receive benefits from on the present track that it’s on – that’s the point."

That's not even Straight Talk™! As the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities explained after the last Social Security trustees report, "Social Security is structurally sound and does not require drastic changes."

While I thought we were friends, this sadly hasn't been the first time this year in which you didn't give me Straight Talk™ on Social Security. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/heres-little-straight-talk-my-friends-john-mccain-hates-social-security

[Flubadubya]

1. I don't know a Republican that doesn't...

:shrug: They'd all love to drown it in Norquist's proverbial bathtub! :grr:

[NV Whino]

2. McCain married his social security.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Plus he collects a military pension of $58,000 and will at some point recieve another from his years

in the Senate.