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March 02, 2005
Orwellian Once Again
And we hand the mike to Atrios:
Eschaton: "There is Plan and No Plan":Cute trick.
The AARP, which claims 35 million members age 50 and over, is 'against a solution that hasn't been written yet,' said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay after a closed-door meeting with the GOP rank and file.
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Younger Americans would be allowed to invest a portion of their payroll taxes on their own. In exchange they would receive a lower government benefit than they are now guaranteed, on the assumption that the proceeds of their investments would make up the difference. In addition, though, even younger voters who choose not to establish personal accounts would receive a reduced government benefit under Bush's plan, according to GOP congressional officials who have been briefed on the plan.
I'll stop calling the Bush administration "Orwellian" when they stop using 1984 as an operations manual.
Posted by DeLong at March 2, 2005 12:28 PM
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"... younger voters who choose not to establish personal accounts would receive a reduced government benefit under Bush's plan...."
That is to say, plainly, the core of Bush's plan is to reduce benefits. Reduce benefits. Reduce benefits.
His plan is to make Social Securtity "solvent" by reducing benefits.
All the othe stuff is misdirection.
Posted by: pragmatic_realist at March 2, 2005 04:15 PM
Just a note: Orwell's date for completion of the switch to Newspeak, after which rebellious thought would be impossible, was 2050.
So complete this analogy:
1984:1948::2050:_____
Posted by: Herb at March 2, 2005 09:33 PM
Is DeLay not indicted yet?
Posted by: a at March 2, 2005 11:04 PM
Even if there were no plan, it would be a ridiculous accusation. Which is worse, AARP opposing a hypothetical plan which by defintion will increase the risk for individuals (that's what ownership means, after all), or the president spending several months campaigning for something which isn't even a plan? You'd think he'd have something better to do with his time, like, I don't know, protecting America.
Posted by: Ginger Yellow at March 3, 2005 01:42 AM