http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/26/07/52/heh-37/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/26/07/52/heh-37/#comment-139495 Bob Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:49:12 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/03/26/07/52/heh-37/#comment-139495 I turn 50 this Friday. My father was a very conservative man. The earliest political discussion I remember hearing was dad and my "Uncle" Joe (actually not a relative) complaining about SS being insolvent and how they would never see a penny. That was 1962 or 3. 20 years later they both retired. Joe died 5 years after that, my dad in 95 and both collected SS checks until the day they died. What amazes me is how many people still buy into this. After 4 decades (minimum) of fear-mongering on SS you'd think more people would catch on. At least a majority of the electorate knows better - witness Bush going down in flames when he tried to "reform" it. BTW - his reforms called for creating private accounts to be managed by, among others, Bear Stearns. Heckuva job, Bushie! I turn 50 this Friday. My father was a very conservative man. The earliest political discussion I remember hearing was dad and my “Uncle” Joe (actually not a relative) complaining about SS being insolvent and how they would never see a penny. That was 1962 or 3. 20 years later they both retired. Joe died 5 years after that, my dad in 95 and both collected SS checks until the day they died. What amazes me is how many people still buy into this. After 4 decades (minimum) of fear-mongering on SS you’d think more people would catch on. At least a majority of the electorate knows better - witness Bush going down in flames when he tried to “reform” it. BTW - his reforms called for creating private accounts to be managed by, among others, Bear Stearns. Heckuva job, Bushie!

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