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Originally Posted by CShine
No, there were no changes to Social Security at all during the 1940's.
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Really? Are you sure you want to stand by that? I invite your attention to the following:
http://www.ssa.gov/history/1940.html
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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??
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And we weren't taking on huge amounts of debt in the 1930's? Wasn't that the entire IDEA behind the New Deal?
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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.
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"Trillions" is plural, which implies "more than one". Cite, please?
In case you didn't realize it, we're ALWAYS spending "trillions" on SOMETHING or other. And we've always been spending trillions of dollars annually (well, within recent history) on domestic programs and entitlements. This will continue for the forseeable future. So when is a good time to deal with it?
The more Liberals bellow about it, the better an idea I think it is.