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...that bring down the government are typically those that defeat budgets or other bills essential to the functioning of society, since there is true meaning, and risk, in halting the operation of government. In this case, the Faculty—with no formal authority over Summers’ job security??had no other option but to fire off a loud cannon shot, in one direction or the other (it’s hard to tell which one). In the same way, it will be impossible to tell exactly how the GSAS student body feels about Summers?...
...Dems’ three-minute opening statement, Li stressed that the Republican plan would completely dismantle the “security?? aspect of social security, since investing in the private sector is more risky...
...facts are these: Using prudently low estimates of growth, Social Security will gradually stop taking in more money than it pays out, and eventually Social Security??s immense reserves will run out. The exact dates depend on the growth numbers one uses, but Bush likes to say that by 2042, Social Security will be “exhausted and bankrupt.” Bush has somehow connected this anthropomorphized Social Security (government programs cannot file for bankruptcy, nor become exhausted) to the idea that when America adjusts Social Security??s cash flow, part of Social Security...
...supporters are riling up fears about the end of Social Security in order to create interest in their own plan, and yet they cannot justify the linkage between the issues. In his recent State of the Union address, Bush meticulously avoided stating that privatization would fix Social Security??s problems. So why privatize in the first place? On the other hand, this entire debate is founded on certain economic and demographic predictions—low birthrates, low immigration and in particular low growth—while Bush’s plan predicts robust gains in the stock market...
...about Dean’s ACLU streak, and more time celebrating the fact that (unlike all of us) Dean has always had the guts to go after Bush’s perceived strengths—his support from Southerners and people of faith, and his supposed toughness on national security??rather than limit our criticism to liberal mainstays like health care and the environment...