POS Lieberman Falsely Claims McCain Doesn’t Support Privatization Of Social Security

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from ThinkProgress:



Lieberman Falsely Claims McCain Doesn’t Support Privatization Of Social Security»

On ABC’s This Week today, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “is not for the private accounts to take the place of social security.” “He’s for what Bill Clinton used to call Social Security plus,” said Lieberman.

Lieberman didn’t disagree, however, when host George Stephanopoulos pointed out that McCain had “disputed that in the Wall Street Journal” recently. Instead, he brushed the contradiction aside and changed the subject.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/30/lieberman-mccain-social-security/


As Stephanopoulos noted, McCain has abandoned his initial Social Security plan, which called for “supplementing the current Social Security system with personal accounts,” in order to embrace President Bush’s failed effort to replace the system with private accounts. “I believe that private savings accounts are a part of” Social Security reform “along the lines that President Bush proposed,” McCain told the Wall Street Journal earlier this month.

Asked about the contradiction between his website and his own statements, McCain said he would “correct any policy paper that I’ve put out.” As of today, however, his website still hasn’t been changed to reflect his embrace of Bush: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/30/lieberman-mccain-social-security/

In 2005, Lieberman called the idea of creating private accounts “a very risky thing to do.” But now, he appears willing to take that risk in order to help John McCain keep an indefinite U.S. military presence in Iraq.

[Faygo Kid]

1. McCain can be crushed on this issue alone, and pool boy Joe knows it.

I hope the Dems thrash McCain right now on this Social Security matter. At a time when pensions are disappearing and the economy is in the tank, the last thing people will support is destroying Social Security. That's what privatization is all about, and what Bush tried to do. He doesn't give a rip about effective safety net programs; his goal is to end them. McCain, too.

[JDPriestly]

2. Lieberman lives in a dream world of his own making.

Wall Street looks at Social Security and sees yet another treasure to be pillaged. Social Security works. Wall Street doesn't. Millions of elderly Americans would be homeless without Social Security. The monthly payments are a pittance as it is. Say no to the theft of Social Security. Say no to Lieberman and McCain. We ordinary Americans cannot afford those two.

[JerseygirlCT]

3. That "plus" idea is just a way to slowly strangle SS, instead of

killing it all at once.

[Hugabear]

4. That's LIEberman

You can't spell Lieberman without LIE.

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5. Wall Street is the largest Casino in the nation,imho. n/t