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May 02, 2006
Link Gas Prices to Social Security Reform
The report released today showing that Social Security and Medicare will go bust a year earlier than predicted is a perfect example of Republicans try to solve problems before they become uncontrollable.
For the last 10 years, Republicans have said that America needs to expand its energy supply by building new refineries, drilling off the coast of California, Florida and in the Arctic Shelf in Alaska (ANWR). Clinton vetoed it. Democrats continue to oppose this keeping us dependent on foreign oil.
Imagine how much better our position would be to confront places like Iran and Venezuela if we did not depend on their oil for our gasoline?
So when Republicans wanted to head off the impending financial crisis of Social Security, the Dems said, "there is no problem." When Bush mentioned this during his SOTU address this year saying that congress failed to reform the system, Democrats errupted in applause.
All the republicans need to do is come up with an add showing all the attempts Republicans have made to head off disaster (oil, Iraq, Social Security) then cut to the Democrats applauding doing nothing.
Posted by Aaron at May 2, 2006 07:39 AM
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