Add this to the other thread about them abandoning Paul Ryan because they're scared sh*tless of touching Medicare even though it has been amply explained that under his plan no one on Medicare now or soon to be on it will be affected in the least.
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Could the great fear of the Ryan Plan be that it does create a "lock box", a system as was before LBJ, whereby the monies collected for SS actually go and stay in that system? A system that does not allow politicians to use that money to buy candy for their special voters?
That thought popped into my mind I have no verification and if it is true that politicians won't be able to touch the money, it is the answer to why they don't support it.
If I may jump in here G.
Not a lockbox per se, per link below, 55+ are in existing system, those under have a "property right" to contributions, kinda like a lockbox. But I wonder if some underfunded liability laws like congress critters make others live by might not be needed. I understand what his proposals are intended to do, but a lot, as always, depends on the exact language contained in the bill as it will be the starting point bureaucrats have to operate with.
You can click on the "learn more" link in the link below to get at more details.
http://www.roadmap.republicans.budget.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=8521Personally, I think Charles is right in that Repub leadership is scared to champion the Ryan plan. They fear the fear-mongering coming their way in any attempt to reform SS & Medicare.
The DemonRats have already been exploiting this, curious, isn't it how they all have the same meme -
http://www.dscc.org/act?action_KEY=171&track=SEM_G_medicare-search_ryan-planhttp://www.dccc.org/http://www.democrats.org/So, regardless if the Ryan Plan is championed or adopted...the Demonrats will attack you for it anyway!
So these feckless bastards might as well grow a pair, pick up the ball Ryan's handed off to them and run hard for the end zone. They simply have nothing to lose.
But they won't. They are cowardly, timid creatures who still act like they give a damn what the MFM and others say about them.