Tuesday, February 22, 2005
States And Privatization: Been There, Done That, It Sucks
Their new strategy is "Well, something's gotta be done!!! Why don't you evil do-nothing Democrats get a PLAN before you attack Our Dear Leader?!?!?"
Of course, we have several sensible plans -- the latest one being Minnesota Congressman Martin Sabo's -- but Bush refuses to pay attention to them, because they don't involve destroying Social Security and our benefits.
Meanwhile, the Republicans have been reduced to playing verbal shell games: They refuse to say "privatization", and instead use "personal accounts" or "private accounts". This way, they can falsely claim to be against "privatization" but FOR "personal accounts".
However, too many state governments have tried "personal accounts" already for this gambit to work. Renaming privatization won't make it stink any less.
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