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Originally Posted by daswig
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Social Security come into being during the Great Depression? Wasn't it changed during the years when we were reconstructing Europe and Asia?
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No, there were no changes to Social Security at all during the 1940's.
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The time to deal with the problem is when it hasn't grown to crisis proportions yet. Social Security has always been about theft, plain and simple. It's never been long-term sustainable. And it needs to be massively pruned.
If not us, who? If not now, when?
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How about at a time when we're not already taking on huge debt for the war effort? The amount of debt Bush is wanting for Social Security reform will increase the federal debt by anywhere from 15-30%. Never in history has anyone asked for such a huge debt increase for one single program, and Bush wants to do it in WARTIME??
Why is it so hard to understand that you don't take on huge debt for domestic programs when we're in a war that's already got us strapped for cash? Don't give us this "if not now, when" crap. When we are no longer spending trillions of dollars on Iraq,
THAT'S when.