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In reply to the discussion: Third Way has been trying to privatize Social Security since 1990s. This is not playing chess. [View all]Samantha
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People said then Wall Street was trying really hard to get their hands on the Social Security funds because it was like a guaranteed revenue stream coming in every month.
I asked the question if the Social Security Trust Fund had been invested by financial brokers at the time of the crash, how much would have been lost. Paul Begala answered that question: 40 percent.
This is not about our grandchildren. This about eliminating all of the aspects of the New Deal. Republicans have ALWAYS resented it and sought to find ways to do away with all of it.
The New Dems are the Third Way and the old DLC. You have heard that phrase about a rose by any other
name -- a pile of manure renamed a scoop of fine chocolate still stinks to high heaven. And that is exactly what these people are pitching -- a load of crap.
Sam