March 24, 2005
Bush II; Day 141: What a difference a year makes
Apparently the trustees of Social Security have come out to say that the system starts to put out more money than it takes in one year earlier than previously thought.
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
Seriously, I think the Republicans have finally woken up and realized that the Schiavo case, that was supposed to save them from having to talk about Social Security and was supposed to please their right wing constituency, was a big, fat failure. They're on the wrong side of the issue, even amongst self-identified evangelicals.
So, now, they have no choice but to go back to SS, but they gotta do so with something catchy, something big. Something like a one year earlier difference! (Oh, and make sure no one realizes that it's really Medicare that is in more serious straits.)
Here are more people you can read on this:
Ezra Klein
Digby, briefly and with a touch of black humor
Kicking Ass
Matthew Yglesias and again.
Slactivist
AmericaBlog
Talking Points Memo