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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 10:05 PM
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You Go Joe! Miller Takes A HARD Line On SS
Joe Miller: No Social Security For Future Generations

“Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller repeated his view Wednesday that the United States needs to fundamentally rethink Social Security.

"Longer term, there has got to be a move outside of that system," Miller told CNN's John King. "Ultimately we want to transfer the power back to the states so that states can take up the mantle of those programs if they so desire."

Miller previously said that the U.S. should "transition out of the Social Security arrangement."

King, noting that Miller's position is something Democrats have pounced on, asked Miller to make himself perfectly clear -- that he wouldn't take away Social Security checks from the people who currently count on them, but that he'd like to do away with the program for future generations. King asked: "Would perhaps grow up in an America where there is not a federal Social Security program if you got your way?"

"Absolutely," Miller said.

Miller, who upset incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's Republican primary this week, previously suggested that unemployment insurance, part of the Social Security Act of 1935, is unconstitutional. "The Supreme Court has already ruled on the Social Security Act. There was a case in 1937," said Nancy Altman, author of a book on Social Security. "Joe Miller's in a time machine."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/02/joe-miller-transition-out_n_703683.html
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-03-10 12:10 AM
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1. Keep talking jo(k)e.
Should it be this much fun to watch someone shoot themselves in the foot?
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-03-10 04:18 PM
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2. Would Alaskans vote for this ass?
Surely he will lose by a huge margin?
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Mudoria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-03-10 04:19 PM
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3. But I bet he supports tax cuts for his rich friends..
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