Stretch Out the Privatization "Debate"
"Chris in Paris" at AMERICAblog wrote
It's time to take this Social Security issue over the top and make sure Bush is licking his wounds on this issue. It's yet another boondoggle for his friends on Wall Street at the expense of average Americans so do not let him get even a small victory on this.
It depends on what "over the top" means. I agree that it would be nice to deliver up a major defeat to the President on this one, but I don't really want to see it happen quite yet. The reasons:
- He's spending political capital on privatization faster than money in Iraq
- It's occupying his attention significantly, keeping him from breaking innumerable other things
So, the more that we can be certain that stretching out the "debate" on SS privatization will lead to its resounding defeat, the longer I'd like to see that process take place.
Admittedly, chances are high that when the privatization scheme clearly becomes a liability that the Administration will launch a diversion by launching a war in Iran (or Syria, perhaps?), so I suppose while they're arguing for privatization we should be preparing for more war-mongering foolishness. And on the small-fires front, don't forget all those left over, wacko judicial nominees.