This will be a short post: Allow the Republican Party to dismantle Social Security. It's important, of course, to make lots of noise decrying these attempts and making it clear that the Democratic party is totally opposed.
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Sure, there are a lot of Democrats who will say it won't work, and it's definitely a risky strategy that could backfire.
But. If what we read in the media and on Daily Kos is right, the Tea Party is made up of old (read 65 or nearly 65), less than well-educated white people who have been paying into Social Security for years. Tell them that their benefits will be cut, or are being cut (or even eliminated), and we will see a backlash of unbelievable ferocity. Throw in Medicare and we'll have a revolution that will make the the original "Tea Party" look like a tea party.
The one caveat is that we need to make it clear that Democrats had nothing to do with this plan--it's all part of the Republican strategy to reduce taxes. These Tea Partyers will drop their "sanctity of life", less guvmint, more freedom, agenda in a New York minute.