So, I've been paying attention in Social class - which is rare for me - and after watching a bit of CNN, I think I'll try and watch that channel more often.
Sure, most of the correspondents are opinionated and biased, but there was one man who didn't actually seem that way, and that made me think.
He was talking about the current economic status of the United States, and how the health care bill would be digging a bigger hole for America. He went on to claim that he wanted to abolish Social Security, which to me seemed extremely radical.
He said that not only was Obama to blame, so was George Bush. That struck me as odd. Here, this guy was talking about Republican views, but he said the Republicans were at fault. Now, I support the health care bill, but it seems to me that he has a good point. He said that the government was paying out Social Security with IOU's, which was true. He said that for the government to not have the money that they took from the people to pay social security means they've been scamming the American people, which is also true.
But it works in places like Canada, the UK, France, and many other places in the world. So why not the US?
Two reasons: Tradition and Corruption (or, less radically, misplaced ideals). That money had to go somewhere. Name your area, and it's a good bet there's Social Security money in there. Bailout, energy, war fund. But it's time to own up, government. Give the people the money back.
Two reasons: Tradition and Corruption (or, less radically, misplaced ideals). That money had to go somewhere. Name your area, and it's a good bet there's Social Security money in there. Bailout, energy, war fund. But it's time to own up, government. Give the people the money back.
This last comment is directed toward Rick Sanchez, who hosted Campbell Brown tonight: You promised John Fund and Craig Crawford, mano a mano. There was no fistfighting that I could see. Get your facts right.
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