No, Harkin. What he said was he doesn't know how to.Asked how he would guarantee that people older than 55 would not see a cut in benefits, the president responded, “That’s a guarantee that we’ll have to make. I don’t know how you guarantee someone 30 years from now, but that is obviously a promise that can be kept and must be kept.”
Democrats questioned Tuesday how Bush could do that.
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, acknowledged the president’s pledge, but said, “He will not say how he will protect them.”
Quad City Times article
I would suggest that El Dopo and all his dopey followers need an adjustment to reality a lot more urgently than the Social Security program does.The president did seem to suggest that currently scheduled benefits may not fit with long-term reality.
“Benefit cuts is an interesting word,” Bush said. “Benefits are scheduled to grow at a certain rate, and one of the, one of the suggestions, for example ... was they grow at a, they grow, but not at a rate as fast as projected. You can call it anything you want. I would call it an adjustment to reality,” he said.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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