Reply #70: Oh, I can read.

[johnaries]

I disagree with Obama's alleged support of Vick, but that's a separate issue.

How is he being "more reactionary than Republicans on the funding of social security"? There is no evidence of that. There is no evidence that he is planning to "dismantle" SS as many fear-mongers have claimed.

and addressing your Ike quote: "So the active part of the population has to take care of all the population, and if they haven’t been able during the course of their active life to save up enough money, we have these systems.”

To quote FDR upon signing SS: "We can never insure 100 percent of the population against 100 percent of the hazards and vicissitudes of life, but we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-stricken old age."

It was not intended as a pension plan, but as a safety-net.