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July 25, 2006

Social Security Privatization Plan Is Still Kicking

Grover Norquist believes that the only thing standing in the way now of privatizing Social Security is the election of five new Republican senators.

Any reasonable American might believe the retreat from privatizing Social Security was due to the fact that backers finally recognized the people did not agree with it. Not so.

A morning with Norquist helps to solve one of the great mysteries of the political moment: How can it be that a clear majority of Americans can sour on the Republican rule of Congress, reject Bush's top domestic priority of privatizing Social Security and offer resounding disapproval of the president's stewardship of the economy -- while the radical conservatives responsible for it all still believe they are right on the merits and are, in fact, heading into another political victory lap?

Through Norquist's lens, no setback is the result of the citizens looking at -- and living under -- Bush's policies and rejecting them. The political misfortune is merely the result of errant tactics, not egregiously bad prescriptions for problems the American people really care about.

Interestingly, while Norquist is supporting Howard Rich by funneling money through his organizations to various Rich-backed campaigns, such as TABOR and term limits, he is also aligned with Howard Rich on Social Security privatization. In fact, Howard Rich has even been a member of the Board of Social Security Choice. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Cato Institute, a Libertarian think tank that opposes Social Security.

This effort, along with TABOR and term limits, is the product of heavy-handed, fundamentalist Libertarians - people who will press their agenda on this country whether it is wanted or not. I'll go into that more in another post.

Suffice it to say that if preserving Social Security matters to you, this is a perfect time to become a single issue voter. Only Democrats can stop the attack on Social Security. Republicans have already become to radicalized to be trusted with it.

Posted by Becky at July 25, 2006 06:28 AM