Reply #38: It's The Name, Stupid...

[DirtyDawg]

Maybe what's needed here is to dose out a little of their own medicine to the repigs. What if the problem they have with Social Security is that it generally reminds them of something akin to 'Socialism'? That they just can't stand the idea of government doing anything that would, in fact, 'Provide for the general welfare'? My bet is that if these SOB's had been around in 1776 that language would never have made it into the Declaration, or the Preamble, or wherever it is.

So, how about just renaming the program to something they could cozy up to without getting all apoplectic? Say, 'A Little Something for Our Beloved Seniors'...or, 'Mom's and Dad's Safety Net'...or just, 'Personal Security' (but without all the extra privatizing and personalization stuff - I mean if folks want to put money into IRA's and such, they're at liberty to do so, which also assumes they've got something to put into them in the first place)...you get it.