February 27, 2005
From Rock The Vote - "Generations Unite!"
We don't have many young readers or members - so it may be instructive - and heartening - to take a look at what Rock The Vote is up to.
The adventurous can receive RTV email alerts/updates by signing up (no birth date required).
What fun.
Note how skillfully RTV links the VA legislature's proposed ban on low-hanging trowsers to the Social Security phase-out proposal.
Generations Unite!
As you probably noticed on our home page, young and old have united! Rock the Vote and AARP have joined together to make sure you get paid the Social Security benefits that you deserve, and to prevent the kinds of cuts in benefits for young people that have been floated by advocates of privatization. Its good to have the AARP on your side.
A recent poll sponsored by Rock the Vote, AARP and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that most Americans support repairing the current system, not replacing it with a privatized system. It further shows that young voters (18 to 39 yrs old), like most Americans, like private accounts but not if it means large cuts in Social Security benefits or massive government borrowing. Of course, those are the "little details" of private accounts plans that you never hear about.
This new poll is noteworthy - not just because we co-sponsored it - since the President is trying to win public backing from his plan, and especially from you - young people.
A recent Newsweek article detailing our campaign noted that in a Newsweek poll 75% of voters under 35 believe we are facing a Social Security "crisis." But even though young people are afraid that they will not receive full benefits if something is not done, a whopping 73 percent of young voters want government protection should a privatized plan prove unsucessful.
Unfortunately, with Social Security, like anything else, you cannot have your cake and eat it too.
With Social Security, you get a foundation of security to protect you while you try to invest for success with your 401(k)s and IRAs. Without Social Security, you're on your own, and there's no going back.
The numbers show, Americans - young and old alike - are worried that private accounts plans that cause large cuts in Social Security benefits will not ensure security for our generation.
There is so much inter-generational harmony in the air, maybe we an even get those Old White Men in the Virginia legislature to lay off their proposal to criminalize wearing low slung pants that show underwear. We love it when politicians try to legislate fashion. They're so in the know.
Come on Virginia, hiphop fashion is the wave of the future. Stop staring at that little piece of lace protruding from the low cut Levis on those UVA co-eds.
Update: Word is that the Virginia Senate has dropped the plan... See! They can't mess with us.
:: posted by RTV Street Report @ 2:49 PM
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Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Is this what he meant by “fuzzy math?”
Posted by Hope at February 27, 2005 01:36 PM