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In reply to the discussion: Here's a soft lie that must be debunked before it gets off the ground! [View all]TrollBuster9090
(5,954 posts)18. Well, I'm a bigger fan of Occam's Razor.
Why assume conspiracy when incompetence will due?
I think it was MOSTLY incompetence, but with a few conspirators thrown in to spice things up. I have no doubt that a few people like Grover "drown government in the bathtub" Norquist saw the right wing advantage to letting government borrow from the Social Security trust fund. Sort of like the way an UNDERTAKER would see the advantage in letting children buy cigarettes.
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Here's a soft lie that must be debunked before it gets off the ground! [View all]
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
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Simpson is a master of rhetoric appealing to the young and the poor, while simultaneously screwing
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#9
I like many things about Simpson, but he has this thing about Social Security,
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#4
Thank you! There's an equally clear solution. Remove the payroll tax cap.
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#19
All very true! It's even MORE clever than Norquist's 'starve the beast' strategy.
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#30
Exactly. UNLESS somebody is trying to float the idea that money owed by STATE governments to
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#15
Better yet...why did they elect THE SHRUB when Gore was promising to use Clinton's budget surplus
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#17
We are at a point, where the choice is Social Security or defense, and he refuses to cut defense.
happyslug
Dec 2012
#24
The big Republican Lie, told by a Republican liar and sadly, repeated even here
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#25
Yes, that would certainly be true if the SS Trust fund asked for the money when the Bonds mature,
TrollBuster9090
Dec 2012
#28