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When the President faced the American public and insisted that Social Security was facing a financial crisis, it was interesting to note that he didn't also reveal that his tax cuts, according to the bi-partisan Congressional Budget office were five times the anticipated shortfall. In fact, merely returning the tax rates for those averaging $1.25 million a year in income, the top 1%, would nearly eliminate the guessed at shortfall for the next 75 years. |
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 I see a new vision for American seniors. I see a country where all citizens can retire with full benefits at age 65, where social security will never become privatized, and where retirement years won't land in the hands of the stock market. I see an America where equal access and equal rights are obtained by all; where health care is regarded as a human right; and where the people who have lived to see this country grow can continue to grow old with it in peace. |
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02/06 Kucinich: Bush Proposes Stealth Social Security Privatization Plan In Budget |
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Bush Budget Shifts Over $700 Billion From Social Security To Private Accounts Starting In 2010; Will Shift Money From Main Street To Wall Street |
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