Yep, I think we’ve got another Loud and Proud Republican on our hands.
According to the Anchorage Daily News, Rep. Don Young (R) of Alaska “ridiculed the president’s assertions about a Social Security crisis” in a “wide-ranging interview session with Alaska reporters in his House office” on Monday. And just two days before the release of the president’s new Social Security speech code no less!
Later down in the piece comes the following …
Young scoffed at President Bush’s claims that Social Security needs an immediate fix.
“We do have a slight problem,” he said. “I think there’s a possibility of a problem 45 years from now.”
And Young said he remained “very unsold” on Bush’s solutions to privatize Social Security.
“I’m not overly confident the average American knows how to invest in stocks,” he said. “I don’t want Wall Street involved in this.”
Young said he would support making current individual retirement accounts more attractive through tax-law changes.
You kinda get the sense he’s not on <$NoAd$>board with phase-out, right?
[ed.note: A special note of thanks to TPM reader DD for the tip.]
