On 8 Feb 2005 15:56:28 -0800, jim rozen
wrote:

In article .com,
says...

What I have a problem with is that Social Security took my money via
payroll taxes and gives back so little. If I had been able to invest
one fourth of the money that went for payroll taxes, I would be getting
about twice as much now as I get from Social Security.

What you call 'so little' may be a lot for some folks. Remember,
there's always the chance that your investments would have gone
*down* and not up. That you would have wound up half of what
you put in, or nothing at all.

Jim

The pending investment program will have checks and fall backs put
into it.

What you lads seem to be forgetting is that there is NO plan on the
table yet, no details, no nada.

You are commenting on things that you dont have any clue about yet.
Perhaps its partisanship again?

"While President Bush and Republicans in Congress are working to win
the War on Terror, preserve Social Security and lower healthcare
costs, Harry Reid and his taxpayer-funded war room are focused on
obstruction."

(Harry Reid is Senate minority leader)



REID: CHIEF DEMOCRAT OBSTRUCTIONIST



Reid Supported Strengthening Social Security In 1990s, Opposes Now:



In 1999, Reid Declared: “[M]ost Of Us Have No Problem With Taking A
Small Amount Of The Social Security Proceeds And Putting It Into The
Private Sector.” (Fox’s “Fox News Sunday,” 2/14/99)



* In 1999, Reid Said: “I Think We Have To Take Care Of Social
Security …” (Fox’s “Fox News Sunday,” 7/11/99)



* In 1999, Reid Said: “[W]e’re Visiting Chile Because It Is Doing
Interesting Things In Social Security And Other Parts Of Its Free
Market System…” (Tony Batt, “Reid To Embark On South America Trip,”
Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3/30/99)



Now, In 2005, Reid Is Blocking Personal Retirement Accounts. “For
instance, [Reid] is against personal retirement accounts: ‘If someone
wants to privatize Social Security, they are going to have to find
someone else to get in bed with other than me,’ Reid told a television
audience in Nevada recently.” (Terence Samuel, “A Leader From The
Wilderness,” U.S. News & World Report, 11/29/04)



Reid’s Social Security Record -- Voted For Higher Taxes On Social
Security Benefits At Least Eight Times:



* Reid Voted Twice For Clinton’s Billion Tax Hike On Social
Security Benefits. (H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #190: Passed 50-49: R 0-43; D
49-6, With Vice President Al Gore Casting A Yea Vote, 6/25/93, Reid
Voted Yea; H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #247: Adopted 51-50: R 0-44; D 50-6,
With Vice President Al Gore Casting A Yea Vote, 8/6/93, Reid Voted
Yea)



* Reid Voted Three Times To Keep Hike In Clinton Plan. (S. Con.
Res. 18, CQ Vote #57: Motion Agreed To 52-47: R 0-43; D 52-4, 3/24/93,
Reid Voted Yea; S. Con. Res. 18, CQ Vote #59: Motion Agreed To 55-44:
R 0-43; D 55-1, 3/24/93, Reid Voted Yea; S. 1134, CQ Vote #169: Motion
Agreed To 51-46: R 1-41; D 50-5, 6/24/93, Reid Voted Yea)



* Reid Voted Three Times Against Repealing 1993 Increase. (S. Con.
Res. 57, CQ Vote #142: Adopted 50-48: R 49-4; D 1-44, 5/22/96, Reid
Voted Nay; H.R. 8, CQ Vote #188: Adopted 58-41: R 54-1; D 4-40,
7/13/00, Reid Voted Nay; S. Con. Res. 23, CQ Vote #94: Rejected 48-51:
R 48-3; D 0-47; I 0-1, 3/25/03, Reid Voted Nay)


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