Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Social Security Privatization Dead In The Water...
Bad polling data across the board for the "Social Security's Got To Go" crowd...
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Friday to Sunday said 38 percent of Americans feel major changes must be made in Social Security within the next two years. In January, that number was 49 percent.
As I've said before, the more people hear about Bush's scheme, the less they like it.
Here comes the kicker that will have conservatives far-and-wide ripping their hair out:
Other numbers in the poll don't play out so well for the president, either. Forty-seven percent of those polled trusted the Democratic Party to deal with the issue of Social Security benefits, while 37 percent trusted Republicans.
And 75 percent held a favorable opinion of the AARP, the retirement association that has taken a lead role in opposing the president's plan.
UPDATE: In spite of the obvious popularity of AARP, Tom "Bugman" DeLay has come out swinging against them. Check out this brilliant deduction:
The AARP, which claims 35 million members age 50 and over, is "against a solution that hasn't been written yet," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay after a closed-door meeting with the GOP rank and file.
The Bugman raises an interesting point. Why hasn't this "solution" been written yet?
Could it be because President Bush and the GOP Congresscritters are pussies and they know that once the specifics of their plan come out, what little support they've got will probably disappear?
DeLay goes after the AARP for "opposing a solution that hasn't been written yet" by supporting a solution that hasn't been written yet.
Mindless...
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