Rapid Response: "Social Security: We (The GOP) Want To Hear From You!

This email just went out from the GOP.

Get some great talking points here: http://pdamerica.org/tools/issues/SocialSecurityTalkingPoints.pdf

follow the below link and LET THEM HEAR FROM YOU!

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This last week, Republican Members of Congress from across the country returned to their home districts and states to focus on the issue of Social Security. Republicans conducted hundreds of town hall meetings and met with thousands of constituents to discuss the serious problems confronting the program.

In addition to President Bush's efforts as he travels the country and those of our elected leaders, Republicans and groups who believe we need to strengthen Social Security are working hard to make sure American citizens receive the facts. Just last week, over 250,000 phone calls were made in targeted districts and states, over 3,000 people were mobilized to attend town hall events, well over 100,000 emails were sent to RNC Team Leaders, and hundreds of regional media interviews were conducted.

Last week's events helped advance a national dialogue that the President initiated in his State of the Union Address to the American people. The first step in this process is to make our fellow citizens aware that there is a problem and a need to act. These town hall meetings were important because they helped more Americans understand the problem, which must occur before the debate about specific solutions can begin. Public surveys demonstrate that a majority of Americans recognize the Social Security system faces problems and needs to be fixed. Even Democrats are beginning to acknowledge that there is a problem with Social Security.

Thank you to all of you who assisted in our efforts to promote the President's vision to strengthen Social Security and ensure benefits for our children and grandchildren.

Please share your thoughts about saving Social Security with friends and neighbors by visiting our new testimonial page at http://www.preservingsocialsecurity.com. While you're there don't forget to sign the Social Security petition too!

Sincerely,

Ken Mehlman
Chairman, Republican National Committee

Paid for by the Republican National Committee Not Authorized By Any Candidate Or Candidate Committee - www.gop.com

The problem with Social Security is that over many years Congress kept tapping the funds to pay for other programs. We already have personalized accounts in the forms of IRA's. Social Security is not an investment account, it is more of an insurance account. More "Personalized" accounts will not solve the coming imbalance of SS income/outpay, even the President admitted that. If Congress would fix the deficits and pay the money back into SS that it's taken out over the years, there would be NO PROBLEM!

Edit to add: strange, for some reason the site locks up and won't accept my comments. :wtf:

I spent a lot of time deciding what to write, but when I hit submit, nothing happened. I then clicked on the terms and conditions but that didn't help.

Maybe it's all a set up and they wrote the testimonials themselves and won't allow real ones to show up.

i am not able to either? but my repug friend (unfortunatly I have a few) had no problem. Very bizzar!

wouldn't be surprised - everything they do is according to a script

by the way the submission link is working now

and you can see the "testimonials" - ALL favorable, surprised? I went through the whole alphabet link-list -- none of these "testimonials" are against bush's social insecurity scam

http://www.gop.com/GOPAgenda/SocialSecurityFeedback.aspx?ID=Recent&ty=1

I think the problem with Social Security should be takedn care of now and not what and do it later.
-- Emily Baumgartner of Hilliard, Florida


No income or job exlusions. Any borrowing from the fund should be at the current interest rate.
-- Stephen Keller of Cincinnati, Ohio


It's bad enough that I'm paying for someone else's retirement, now there are folks who won't admit that this is broken? The system is broken, needs to be fixed, and the sooner the better. Don't hand this problem down to my generation!
-- James Yee of Barstow, California


Fix it now. We have knowen for years now that S.S. was not going to last. I still belive that the Representatives and Senators need to draw S.S. Then they will be more apt to fix it. I give President Bush credit for stepping up to the plate and saying here is my plan, Do it or come up with a better one. I do belive there needs to be strict guide lines on the Presidents plan, but it can work.
-- Bruce Osborn of Kinross, Michigan


I am very much in favor of private accounts! Thank goodness our President has the guts to address it. Now we need Congressmen with the guts to pass it.
-- Anne Malone of Kailua, Hawaii


We need to overhaul the system NOW - it won't get better on it's own! I think we have to address the whole issue. We have to start by including all pay - from the first dollar to the last - into the revenue stream. Then we have to tie the retirement age to the average lifetime (or at least to within 5 years of it), then tie benefits to some kind of means testing. Then offer voluntary personal accounts. One more thing - place all ELECTED federal officials on Social Security immediately!!! That way the system will get fixed - and pretty dang quickly!!!!!
-- Lori Hamm of Helena, Montana


Now is the time to tackle the Social Security issue. It definitely needs fixing. We can't afford not to do anything.
-- German Santiago of Ossining, New York


Bush is right, we need private accounts for the younger workers
-- Don Singleton of Tulsa, Oklahoma


I am 49 years old and I have known there was a problem with social security for about 15 years. I have always believed the best way to fix it is to privatise it. The return on the investment would be much greater and it would be our money working for us. I do not want to leave this for our children and grandchildren to fix,if you ask me, it should have been fixed a long time ago. I am just thrilled we have a President with the courage to address it now.
-- Odessia Hufstetler of Kaufman, Texas

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And pressed submit and nothing. I wanted to tell them about how America can find itself between Mexico & Russia in terms of equality of wealth. And that Russia had only been a democracy for 15 years. Then I clapped.

Pressed submit and nothing!!