Bachmann spoke this past weekend at the right-wing Constitutional Coalition in St. Louis, Missouri, and put forth her plan. "So, what you have to do, is keep faith with the people that are already in the system, that don't have any other options, we have to keep faith with them. But basically what we have to do is wean everybody else off," said Bachmann. "And wean everybody off because we have to take those unfunded net liabilities off our bank sheet, we can't do it. So we just have to be straight with people. So basically, whoever our nominee is, is going to have to have a Glenn Beck chalkboard and explain to everybody this is the way it is."So, why should I continue to pay into a system to take care of today's elderly if I'm not going to be taken care of, in turn? Wean indeed! Wean all the elderly tomorrow, if that's how you feel!
No, when today's GOP talks about Social Security being "on the brink", and all this alarmist language, what they mean is that Part II of Alan Greenspan's 1983 deal to shore up Social Security is about to come to pass.
Remember, the 1983 deal was for higher Social Security withholding from working people in order to help pay for tax cuts to recover from the recession of the early 80's. In exchange for deferring income, Congress would help cover Social Security's shortfall when the Baby Boom generation started retiring, starting in 2011. That was the bargain.
Well, the time has come for Congress to start taking those tax cuts back and make good on the deal. THAT'S why we keep hearing all the disaster talk. The rich folks want to keep the money, and run.
Well, it ain't going to happen. And no one is going to be 'weaned' from Social Security or Medicare either.
But at least the GOP is being honest, for once. A rapid death for all elderly folks - that should work as a platform for the next few election cycles!
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