Grateful to Greenspan
This insightful column by E.J. Dionne, Jr., suggests that Alan Greenspan's comments on Social Security have opened the door to an important debate that would never have transpired without him. Which priority do Americans value more: providing for our seniors, or giving tax cuts to our very wealthy? If you put it that way, not many people will say, "Let's keep the Bush tax cuts for the rich!" They'll see that Bush is actually taking money--future money, in the form of Social Security, that they'll spend on food and drugs when they're 72, but still money--out of their pockets and giving it to people who need it...to build a yacht, or buy a Ferrari, or take a three-month cruise. As Dionne says, no Democrat could have put this issue on the table. We should be glad it's there, though. It deserves debating, and we have the better position.
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