tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354564.post110896817335749578..comments2023-05-26T10:08:28.994-05:00Comments on Renegade Mentat: NAACP doesn't have a firm grip on demographicsAlain DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02001399051287882699noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354564.post-1108997688503760142005-02-21T09:54:00.000-05:002005-02-21T09:54:00.000-05:00Dear Anonymous,
Thanks for stopping by and commen...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting.<br /><br />Well, first of all the details are what get ironed out when all sides get together to negotiate. Besides Bush's plan, several members of Congress have plans that feature private accounts. <br /><br />Even if private accounts aren't transferrable (and I don't know that they aren't; for the sake of this post, I'll take your word for it), they <I>still</I> offer a better rate of return than Social Security. And they do so without resorting to an unsustainable pyramid scheme which takes money from a less well-off cohort of workers to transfer it to a better-off cohort of retirees.<br /><br />Also, would you mind showing me where in the Constitution it says that the government's job is raising life expectancies? Also, which branch of government is responsible for that?<br /><br />AlainAlain DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02001399051287882699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354564.post-1108997187411169772005-02-21T09:46:00.000-05:002005-02-21T09:46:00.000-05:00The point is not whether its good or bad. Private ...The point is not whether its good or bad. Private accounts defined by the Bush administration is bad. Read the details.. No one inherits anything, no one but a very small group of people can gift their accounts to their heirs. Newsweek has a great article on this plan.<br /><br />The point is that Blacks have a lower life expectacy than whites. The focus should be on raising the life expectancy for blacks across the board so that both whites and blacks can benefit equally from whatever plan (hopefully not Bush's) to secure SS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com