This morning there is an AP article that all the Republican Presidential candidates are coming up with proposals to privatize social security in one manner or another for younger people.
Never mind that most people (including me) are frightened by the volatility in the stock market and wondering how that fits with our retirement needs. Putting one's retirement money in the stock market is basically a gamble on where the economy is when you retire. Economy good, stock market good, you win and have a nice retirement. Economy bad, stock market low, you lose and have whatever you can afford. Oh, and good luck selling your home so you can downsize and free up money from that to live on. (Sorry, that one is hitting me personally right now and I am a bit bitter about it.)
So if the Republican want to balance the budget by privatizing social security and medicare (I am still wondering how they plan to privatize Medicaid, even with Pat Robertson urging Alzheimer care givers to divorce and put their spouse in a home on Medicaid?), they should run on the following platform.
Voters here is your choice for budget balance: Republicans: Let us privatize social security and medicare and we will cut your taxes while maintaining tax subsidies for multinational companies. Democrats: We must raise revenues to pay for the War on Terror and keep social security and medicare viable (albeit with some changes). If you want #1 vote Republican, If you believe in #2 vote for the Democrat.
That way, at least every winning candidate will know where their voters stand and there can be a reasoned discussion in Washington
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