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Bush Stonewalling Senate Request for Bolton Information

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Bush Stonewalling Senate Request for Bolton Information

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The Senate, as part of its advise and consent function, has requested certain information from the State Department concerning various incidents surrounding John Bolton who is the president’s nominee for UN ambassador. The State Department and the Bush administration have not provided some of the information requested by the Senate because they claim the Senate does not need the information requested because it is not relevant.

It is not up to the White House or the State Department to tell the Senate what is relevant to fulfill their constitutional responsibility of advise and consent. If the Senate does not receive all the information it has requested concerning John Bolton, it should NOT vote on his nomination. To allow the State Department or the White House to circumscribe the process of the Senate in advise and consent process would be a violation of the separation of powers.
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Reply #51 from PolMach Forums Top
Now if the problem is the inability of Social Sceurity to continue paying the full benefits, how does the Bush cutting benefits 30% fix a 25% cut if we do NOTHING?


--Perhaps, the money saved from cutting benefits now, will go to the benefits then (probably not, it'll just line the poloticians pockets)
Reply #52 from JoeUser Forums Top
Bush is not cutting benefits NOW he is cutting them in the future the same as if we do nothing. In other words the Bush solution has the same results as doing nothing. The Bush solution is NO SOLUTION! He has no solutions for Social Security, Medicare, Jobs, Trade. border security, the deficit. We got a REAL WINNER in the White House!
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Reply #53 from PolMach Forums Top
COL--Think about it, cut money now,take the money saved and apply it to future benefits...hmmm? Just an idea...
Reply #54 from PolMach Forums Top
COL--Think about it, cut money now,take the money saved and apply it to future benefits...hmmm? Just an idea...
Reply #55 from JoeUser Forums Top
Cutting benefits NOW would mean people already receiving benefits would get less Social Security. How does that solve the problem? The issue is the systems ability to pay 100% of the benefits starting in 2042. To do that, either less people need to be alive to reveive Social Security or we will need more money in the Trust Fundf to be able to pay the benefits to the baby boomers. Making believe that individual accounts that take more money out of the Trust Fund will make the system able to pay the future benefitrs is just NUTS. If someone can not pay their bills do you solve their problem by reducing their income?