Poll: Bush Social Security Approval Lags

from JoeUser Forums
May as well get this "bad news" out of the way before one of the one-note wonders posts about it to points whore and trumpet the "bad news".

Poll: Bush Social Security Approval Lags

Mar 12, 7:09 PM (ET)

By DEB RIECHMANN

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - In state after state along President Bush's Social Security road campaign, hand-picked audiences cheer him, leaving the impression that the nation wholeheartedly backs his ideas for reform. The reality is different. While a majority of Americans approve of Bush's handling of terrorism and foreign policy, just 37 percent like his approach to Social Security, an Associated Press poll found.


... more at linked article

As always, the AP and others in the mainstream media are back to trumpeting news that they consider negative, no matter how much good news might be in the base stats.

I'll leave it to everyone to read and determine for themselves. Have fun.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah, the negative news just keeps coming. Some people agree with President Bush on social security, and some don't. Gasp!!! What will they come up with next? Some people voted for Bush and some didn't?
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
That's because the other 68% are listening to misinformation from buttheads like AARP and their ilk.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Today Senators Chafee and Nelson were on Meet the Press. They both agreed the issue is not private accounts but to make Social Security solvent. If the other members of Congress agree, something may get done. More and more congressmen understand (including Republicans) that Bush took on the worng issue. The problem is solvency not private accounts which because of the need to fund the accounts would move us further not closer to solvency in the system.
Reply #4 from PolMach Forums Top
The problem is solvency not private accounts which because of the need to fund the accounts would move us further not closer to solvency in the system.


Jane, stop this crazy thing!

Seriously, patching together the current system does nothing to fix the problem, no matter how "solvent" you make the system. That just perpetuates the blob that eats the entire budget, but as long as SOME older individuals continue to collect their money, we really don't actually care now do we? (Avoiding certain names lest someone freak out and start a string of attacks).