Through talking points and campaign ads, Democrats are accusing GOP candidates of supporting President Bush’s past proposal to allow workers to invest Social Security retirement funds in the marketplace. Though the legislation died in 2005, you’d hardly know it from recent Democratic rhetoric.
“What we have seen as a result of this meltdown in the financial markets is that people’s future retirement savings are put at risk … and there are many members of Congress on the Republican side that supported the Bush Social Security privatization plan,” Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Sunday on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers.” Read Article Here.
Time to beat this dead horse again.
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