2 yrs ago, how many DUers supported the republican plan to privatize Social Security?

[me b zola]

Poll question: 2 yrs ago, how many DUers supported the republican plan to privatize Social Security?

As I recall the time when republicans still controlled Congress and were pushing to privatize Social Security, the overwhelming majority of DUers were deeply opposed to the privatization of Social Security and fought tooth & nail to preserve it. As I recall the overwhelming majority of DUers saw any attempt to create 401Ks to subsidize SS as a huge give away to Wall Street and the first step in dismantling one of our greatest and most successful social programs.

Am I remembering wrong, was there substantial support for the republican plan that I just wasn't seeing, or have people changed their minds?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3653390&mesg_id=3653390

[DrDan]

1. another scam to put mega-dollars into the pockets of GOP donors

[cyclezealot]

2. fordemocrats to support privitatization. they are in the wrong party.

A litmus test for neo cons. They might as well go to the gop where they belong. A 401 k plan seperate of Social Security is to be considerated, as long as it does not drain Social Security as Newt Gingrich long ago wished.

[JTFrog]

3. The only support I remember

was from the DLC. :mad:

[Arkansas Granny]

4. I always felt that privatizing Social Security would just be a gift

to line the pockets of those on Wall Street who sent campaign dollars to Republican candidates.

[Iris]

8. I believe your thinking is correct!

[tom_paine]

5. Paid Bushie Trolls, who have since been tombstoned?

I don't know and honestly, I don't remember the conversation DU had very well.

[me b zola]

6. No. Hard core DLCers

At least that is their stance now. I just don't remember any of them posting in favor of this until their candidate came out in favor of it.

The link that I posted is from a current GD:Politics thread. It is an excellent post:


madfloridian (1000+ posts) Sat Oct-27-07 04:52 PM
Original message
Why are our Democrats joining with right wing groups and Republicans on Social Security?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3653390&mesg_id=3653390

[tom_paine]

7. Well, damn, isn't that just about the same thing?

Both groups loathe and fear the Filthy Little Nobodies who inhabit this nation.

Both are just trying to hold the whole thing together and preserve their elite status when environmental and social crunch time comes, and if that means rescinding the Constitution, well then all the Bushies and related folks KNOW that their own lives are worth a thousand or more lives of Filthy Little Nobodies.

And that, when Crunch Time comes, whichever one it is, the lives of The Superiors (as DLC and Bushie prophet Leo Strauss called themselves) are to be protected at all costs.

I don't want this to be true because of what it means to all of us and what it tells us about the currnt laughable charade that is being perpetrated up the Imperial Subjects of Amerika so that we will accept our chains in docile fashion.

[me b zola]

9. I hope the other candidates will exploit this during the debate tonight

HRC just came out with a new ad saying that she fought bush* "every step of the way" when he tried to privatize SS.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x65923


That certainly contradicts her "American Dream Initiative" which "...requires every employer to open a retirement account for every worker; enrolls workers automatically unless they opt out..."


I don't think that a lot of Democratic voters know that she has taken this stance and I think that the other candidates should flush this out and make her defend this policy.