Say Anything Blog

The ND Dems have been trying to pick new Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm apart lately. They now seem to be upset about the fact that Hamm organized Presiden’t Bush’s visit to Fargo to promote his social security plan in 2005. I don’t see why they have a problem with this; its as if they are shocked that Republican governor John Hoeven’s appointee is a Republican. They used this to ramble on about how Bush’s social security plan was “unsound” and that the whole event was a “Republican circus.” They gave a link to an article on Byron Dorgan’s criticism of the social security plan as their reason for calling it “unsound.” The article is amusing because it is funny to watch someone defend the Government’s taking of my income, and giving it back to me (or not giving it back to me) in 40 years. Dorgan says:

“He’s using bait and switch tactics, claiming Social Security is in trouble and then saying money should go to private accounts.”

He talks about it as if money going into private accounts is a bad thing, as if earning interest on our money is something that should be avoided. Did Dorgan propose a plan to fix the system? No. He was just adamant that the government maintain complete control of the social security money.

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