Fifty protest Bush’s plan (NJ)

[struggle4progress]

By MIKE MATHIS
Bucks County Courier Times

PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP — Hours before Vice President Dick Cheney spoke to supporters about the Bush administration plan to overhaul Social Security, a number of people who oppose the plan conveyed their message to passers-by.

A group of about 50 protesters organized by the watchdog group New Jersey Citizen Action stood along Pemberton-Browns Mills Road near the entrance to Burlington County College, holding signs demanding President Bush drop his plan to allow workers to set aside part of their Social Security payments to invest in private accounts.

They were joined by U.S. Reps. Rob Andrews, D-1st of Haddon Heights, and Frank Pallone Jr., D-6th of Long Branch, as well as state Assemblymen Herb Conaway, D-7th of Delanco, and Jack Conners, D-7th of Pennsauken.

“For nearly two months, President Bush and Vice President Cheney have traveled all around the nation on the taxpayers’ dime trying to convince Americans to support their risky Social Security privatization plan,” Pallone said. “In fact, the more Bush and Cheney travel, the less popular their plan becomes.” <snip>

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Headline should probably read: Fifty protest Bush’s scam

[Iowa]

1. Good for them!

The Des Moines Register released a poll today - Bush is plunging here and his SS "plan" and his deficit spending are primarily responsible. Even Republicans are turning against him on those two issues. One woman who thinks he's doing a fine job overall, Loretta Eue, was quoted as saying she didn't back his plan to privatize SS. Her comment...

"I'm a mother and I don't have time to deal with something like that, making wise investments and keeping up on it".

This is great! Bush failed to take into account that 99% of his core supporters are as dumb as a bag of hammers. They aren't bright enough to figure it out themselves, and they'd be raw meat for the sharks in the investment management business.

[burn the bush]

2. Wow, they were joinned by Dem Reps.

They were joined by U.S. Reps. Rob Andrews, D-1st of Haddon Heights, and Frank Pallone Jr., D-6th of Long Branch, as well as state Assemblymen Herb Conaway, D-7th of Delanco, and Jack Conners, D-7th of Pennsauken.

That's a good sign.

[NYC Liberal]

3. What a conundrum!

They have to count on their stupidity so that they'll take the bait; on the other hand, that stupidity is what just might prevent them from supporting it!

I love it