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January 24, 2005

Desperate Times Require Desperate Lies

In another attempt to deceive the public, Mr. Bush and his friends are using out of context quotes from Bill Clinton and Daniel Patrick Moynihan to push their Social-Security-Privitization-thingy.

The quote they are using from Mr. Clinton is:
"This fiscal crisis in Social Security affects every generation"

But the rest of his speech went something like this:
"Before we spend a penny on new programs or tax cuts, we should save Social Security first. I think it should be the driving principle . . . Do not have a tax cut. Do not have a spending program that deals with that surplus. Save Social Security first."

And poor Mr. Moynihan, who isn't alive anymore so he can't defend himself in reality wanted to add personal savings accounts on top of social security rather taking money out of the system.

I don't think it's very nice of Mr. Bush and his friends to lie to us like this. I think they all need to be spanked.