Thursday, February 09, 2006
Outrage Overload: Part I
When you're dealing with an administration as corrupt as this one--one that lies us into a war, commits the treasonous act of outing a CIA operative, and conducts illegal warrantless wiretaps of US citizens--it's hard to to work up any more outrage.
But in the recent budget submitted by the compassionless conservatives, there are not only deep cuts to education and programs for the poor and elderly, but some pretty vicious cuts to Social Security benefits:
"President Bush's budget calls for elimination of a $255 lump-sum death payment that has been part of Social Security for more than 50 years and urges Congress to cut off monthly survivor benefits to 16- and 17-year-old high school dropouts."
Bush also snuck into the budget his plan for Social Security privatization, a plan Americans clearly did not support despite Bush's hard-sell pitches--which is why he had to sneak it into the budget. It's the way this administration operates.
Sloan: Bush Slips Soc. Security Plan Into Budget - Business Edge - Newsweek - MSNBC.com
But in the recent budget submitted by the compassionless conservatives, there are not only deep cuts to education and programs for the poor and elderly, but some pretty vicious cuts to Social Security benefits:
"President Bush's budget calls for elimination of a $255 lump-sum death payment that has been part of Social Security for more than 50 years and urges Congress to cut off monthly survivor benefits to 16- and 17-year-old high school dropouts."
Bush also snuck into the budget his plan for Social Security privatization, a plan Americans clearly did not support despite Bush's hard-sell pitches--which is why he had to sneak it into the budget. It's the way this administration operates.
Sloan: Bush Slips Soc. Security Plan Into Budget - Business Edge - Newsweek - MSNBC.com
