You act like taxing the rich justifies the increase. But it is still taking money out of the ecnomey rich people spend money too which helps the ecnomey. I doubt anybody is ploting to remove social security perhaps welfare though.

There are some who would like to cut or end both SS and Medicare. Yes rich do spend money. However, the more money you have the less of each added dollar is spent. Middlle income taxpayers will spend all or most of any money from a tax cut. The wealthly will spend far less and save more. Bottom line, CBO estimates that about $270 Billion of the current year deficit of about $450 Billion is due to the tax cut. We are borrowing money, paying interest on the borrowed funds to provide tax cuts.

Some day he will!

I never doubted this basic theory, although I had never heard it called by this name before.

Many people are opposed to social spending, and not because we cannot afford it. The thing that has changed the political climate is that, in an age of what is called globalization, the larger corporations do not need domestic spending as much. As foreign markets expand, it makes less difference to the economy whether social programs economically empower a sunstantial chunk of Americans -- and this trend is predicted to accelerate.

That is the the impetus behind the privatization of social security. There was always a consitituency for this -- certainly, there were always people who would have dumped the system of subsidizing today's retirees out of the pockets of today's workers, in return for a similar deal when today's workers retire. However, the certainty, the economic stability that resulted from KNOWING that retirees would always have some money to spend was of substantial value to the vast center of business oponion -- and so it remained firmly in place.

When looking to make a profit in the global economy today , however, the spending ability of America's seniors just does not seem so important, and so pulling the system down, through most any device, seems more reasonable.

It is one of the ironies of American life -- the right drapes itself in the flag and carries the image of love of country. Yet, their true loyalty is to big corporations, which become, in truth, less American every year. As it stands, you get painted as somehow not patriotic if you prefer the interests of average American citizens over those of international corporations.

It is one of the ironies of American life -- the right drapes itself in the flag and carries the image of love of country. Yet, their true loyalty is to big corporations, which become, in truth, less American every year. As it stands, you get painted as somehow not patriotic if you prefer the interests of average American citizens over those of international corporations.

But they do not see it that way. Conservatives see things in black and white and this goes for people as well, you are either for them or against them (similarly on the so called 'war on terror.) If you are for them then no largesse is too much no crime unforgivable. If you are against them (i.e. everyone who is not for them) then there is no punishment in hell bad enough for you.

To heyhey

Exactly.

To both of you...exactly again!!!!!!! These people are so blinded by ideology they just can't see it. I do hope they're the first to pay if this zealot is re-elected.