Ronald Reagan In 1984: ‘Social Security Has Nothing To Do With The Deficit’

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17. People calling for the detruction of social security

are falling into the same trap again. The lies about social security are being used to take down what is a great program. Even Ryan's family was able to survive and send him to college due to social security benefits.

I don't know what history people are reading but as a younger member of the boomer generation I can tell you that many parks and waterways were cleaned up by us. If anything the backlash was created because we were so successful. Outsourcing was done because companies were upset by labor and pollution laws we had pushed through. They moved to countries that had no such rights or laws.

They have since used the need for a return of jobs as leverage to dismantle many hard fought for laws. The irony is that many young people fall for their arguments just as they fall for the lies about social security. Once again they are fostering a false division that somehow boomers never fought for changes. When in reality much of the republican rhetoric and hate has been directed at dismantling changes we made. This is no different than their attack on voting rights, abortion rights, gay rights, women's rights, ......