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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Are you saying that had the tax cut not been passed we'd be all set with social security and health care?
Who was responsible for passing the tax cut into law? Who would have been responsible for making sure that the money in the federal coffers, had the tax cut not gone into effect, went to shoring up Social Security or God forbid, Federal health care benefits? What evidence can you point to of a willingness on the part of Congress to any of the things necessary to yield the results that Skylark wanted to see?
Certainly, a reasonable person can conclude that Bush provided bad leadership, but so much more than that went into it.
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No, I was not saying that if the tax cut had not been passed, we'd be all set for Social Security, and I don't interpret that from Skylark's post either. Perhaps we just read that statement differently, which is fine.
Both political parties have robbed Social Security over the years to pay for lot of different things, hopefully no one denies that. I think I've heard they're estimating that Social Security will be completely depleted by what 2040?
Who was responsible for passing the tax cut bill the Bush introduced? Well, who was controlling congress back in 2004? The tax cut bill that was passed then to benefit the oil companies is being offset by tax increases for other people. Someone has to make up the $77 billion.
As for your last question about the willingness of Congress, I think Congress may very well have been willing to do some of these things, but Bush likes to veto a LOT.