Administration Social Security lies round-up from yesterday’s shows, from the AP (emphasis added) …
Both Card and Snow, who appeared on “Fox News Sunday,” said Social Security is beyond repair as it now stands. They said details of a plan to overhaul it remain to be worked out.
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Asked whether Bush’s ideas would remove guarantees of Social Security benefits to younger workers, Card said: “Under no one’s plan will younger workers receive benefits they’ve been promised because the Social Security system doesn’t have the financial underpinning, the foundation to support the expectations of social security 75 years from now, 50 years from now.”
Straight-up lies, disinformation. I was going <$NoAd$> to say just like Iraq, but it’s far more brazen since our knowledge in this case is much more certain. See this excellent post by Kevin Drum for more on the reality about Social Security’s fiscal health and long-term viability.
Perhaps next there can be some effort to get the media to provide some check on demonstrably false statements made by administration spokespeople.
