I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
President Bush is manufacturing a crisis by suggesting that Social Security is in imminent danger. It is not.
The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget.
Those who want to cut Social Security are prepared to take hostages, manufacture crises, and use scare tactics to undermine the retirement security of Americans.
We are confronting a situation in which the Administration, in my view, is once again manufacturing a crisis. There is no crisis in the Social Security system. The system is not on the verge of bankruptcy.
I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.
Not too many years ago, both parties acknowledged that our entitlement commitments were a sword hanging over our heads. But when President George W. Bush tried to begin discussions on Social Security reform, Democrats ridiculed and demonized him and told seniors he was after their nest eggs.
The president's claim that Social Security is going broke is misleading at best. The sky is not falling, although there is no doubt that the system needs to be strengthened.
Under the Bush plan, Social Security gets weaker, not stronger.
I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis.
I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.
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