Reply #10: peanuts and off-target. the real problem is legalized bribery

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the reason congresscritters are trying to destroy social security is not because they have a different retirement program.

those considerations are dwarfed by the amounts involved in campaign contributions, book royalties, speaking fees, and post-congressional career lobbying and board of director compensation they get, nevermind the cushy gigs their spouses and kids and so on get.

THAT's the problem.

find a way to publicly finance congressional campaigns, beef up corruption laws and actually enforce them.

THAT's the way solution.



i like buffett's politics a lot, but this one misses the mark. if this were to pass, right-wingers in congress would still want to destroy social security because it would still pay for them to do so. a few speeches after congress more than makes up for whatever they lose from any retirement plan.