KenH
Well-Known Member
I have been saying for several years that I think the best solution, if we start on this path in the next couple of years, is the Diamond-Orszag Proposal:
www.centrists.org/pages/2003/12/11_lemieux_wealth.html
Candidates ignoring coming Social Security crisis, critics say
By Emily Sherman
CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Experts call it the "forgotten issue," or even the "ignored issue" -- Social Security.
...
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, says it's not an accident that McCain and Obama have skirted the issue.
"I think both Obama and McCain ended up thinking talking about fixing [Social Security] was a political loser," MacGuineas said. "So they were just happy letting the issue disappear."
...
"In many ways, you actually have to feel very sorry for the person who is going to move into the White House this January," MacGuineas said. "They have a really tough battle ahead of them."
"They are going to have to come to terms with the fact that they made a lot of promises during a campaign that we're not going to be able to afford to pay...[but] it's critical that we fix these problems sooner rather than later."
- rest at www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/social.security/index.html
www.centrists.org/pages/2003/12/11_lemieux_wealth.html
Candidates ignoring coming Social Security crisis, critics say
By Emily Sherman
CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Experts call it the "forgotten issue," or even the "ignored issue" -- Social Security.
...
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, says it's not an accident that McCain and Obama have skirted the issue.
"I think both Obama and McCain ended up thinking talking about fixing [Social Security] was a political loser," MacGuineas said. "So they were just happy letting the issue disappear."
...
"In many ways, you actually have to feel very sorry for the person who is going to move into the White House this January," MacGuineas said. "They have a really tough battle ahead of them."
"They are going to have to come to terms with the fact that they made a lot of promises during a campaign that we're not going to be able to afford to pay...[but] it's critical that we fix these problems sooner rather than later."
- rest at www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/social.security/index.html