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Fix it or lose it: social security will go if Dems don't help
William Mulgrew
Issue date: 3/4/05 Section: Ed-Op
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Last week, my colleagues and I in the Drexel Republicans drew fire for trying to get students to realize how very important politicians need to reform social security in a bipartisan fashion or else it would collapse. Sadly, the Democrats are not giving any indication that they'll help.
Drexel Democrats President Brad Levinson may make fun of us for chanting "Hey hey, ho ho, social security has got to go," when Senator Rick Santorum came to Drexel, but he overlooks a large embarrassment on his side of the fence.
Some have stated in The Triangle that Mr. Santorum's visit hurt academic discourse, but when the senator tried to involve the student audience by asking them what would happen in 2008 (Baby-boomers could begin early retirement), a person in the crowd shouted, "George Bush will leave office!" The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the event, stating, "Actually, that's scheduled for 2009. But many in the crowd cheered anyway."
Now, out of fairness, the individual who shouted that isn't affiliated with the Drexel Democrats, but the Democrats in the audience who cheered sure didn't make our university look very well informed.
Speaking of being informed, unfortunately for Mr. Levinson, there was a lot of truth in our statement. If Democrats refuse to help Republicans address the social security issue in a bipartisan manner and just sit back and obstruct, social security will indeed go-downhill.
Two prominent Democrats support privatization-Former senators Bob Kerrey and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Unfortunately, Senator Moynihan is deceased, so the Democrats can no longer hear his voice of reason. But Senator Kerrey, on the other hand, made his views public in the Wall Street Journal.
Kerrey writes, "[L]iberals are wrong to fear that President Bush's proposal represents a threat to Social Security... I hope they see that President Bush is giving them an opportunity to finally do something about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer."
Drexel Democrats President Brad Levinson may make fun of us for chanting "Hey hey, ho ho, social security has got to go," when Senator Rick Santorum came to Drexel, but he overlooks a large embarrassment on his side of the fence.
Some have stated in The Triangle that Mr. Santorum's visit hurt academic discourse, but when the senator tried to involve the student audience by asking them what would happen in 2008 (Baby-boomers could begin early retirement), a person in the crowd shouted, "George Bush will leave office!" The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the event, stating, "Actually, that's scheduled for 2009. But many in the crowd cheered anyway."
Now, out of fairness, the individual who shouted that isn't affiliated with the Drexel Democrats, but the Democrats in the audience who cheered sure didn't make our university look very well informed.
Speaking of being informed, unfortunately for Mr. Levinson, there was a lot of truth in our statement. If Democrats refuse to help Republicans address the social security issue in a bipartisan manner and just sit back and obstruct, social security will indeed go-downhill.
Two prominent Democrats support privatization-Former senators Bob Kerrey and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Unfortunately, Senator Moynihan is deceased, so the Democrats can no longer hear his voice of reason. But Senator Kerrey, on the other hand, made his views public in the Wall Street Journal.
Kerrey writes, "[L]iberals are wrong to fear that President Bush's proposal represents a threat to Social Security... I hope they see that President Bush is giving them an opportunity to finally do something about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer."
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