Social Security -- let's make it work best for white men!

Czolgosz

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Mon Jan-24-05 06:23 PM
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Social Security -- let's make it work best for white men!

Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., Bush's wingman in the House tasked with the job of thinking up clever ways to fuck up Social Security, said Sunday on �Meet the Press�:

�We also need to examine, frankly, ... the question of race, in terms of how many years of retirement do you get based upon your race. And you ought not to just leave gender off the table, because that would be a factor.�

How the hell were these guys elected?

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tx_dem41

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Mon Jan-24-05 06:32 PM
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1. To be fair.....he actually is arguing that African-Americans...

are getting screwed by the current system because they have a shorter lifespan. So, he is proposing that the retirement age be lowered for them, which (in his opinion) would help them out.

I think he is full of it. He's just playing divisive politics.

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BrklynLiberal

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Mon Jan-24-05 06:33 PM
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2. It will all be so much easier after they repeal 15th and 19th Amendments

Edited on Mon Jan-24-05 06:34 PM by BrklynLiberal

No doubt that is on their agenda as well....

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