Debunk SOTU with BlogPAC's There Is NO Crisis

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Tuesday February 01, 2005 · 8:20 AM PST

2005/02/01 · 08:20

The Republican playbook on Social Security has a sample speech that might give us a preview of the State of the Union speech tomorrow night:

We need to modernize the system. If we don't, adequate Social Security benefits will not be there for the next generation. When you discover what I have learned, I hope you will join me in the campaign to update and save Social Security. This campaign will not solve every roblem, but without action the benefits will certainly be cut ramatically, long before today's high school graduates are ready to retire. As the bi-partisan Social Security Advisory Board stated in a recent report, "As time goes by, the size of the Social Security problem grows, and the choices available to fix it become more limited."

That is why BlogPAC's Social Security campaign needs you to join us for a houseparty tomorrow night.

You see, the problem is not growing. That is why just yesterday the Associated Press headlined, New Soc. Sec. Estimates More Optimistic. This continues the trend. In 1996, SSA was saying the trust fund would run out in 2030 (34 years). By 2000, that date had been pushed back to 2038 (38 years). Now, the CBO is saying 2052 (47 years) and the headlines are that solvency is strengthening.

Bush is manufacturing a crisis to phase-out Social Security. Bush's numbers don't work.

The url to host a party is: http://www.thereisnocrisis.com/throwparty
The url to attend a party is: http://www.thereisnocrisis.com/houseparty

We will be liveblogging during the State of the Union at http://www.thereisnocrisis.com.

15 minutes after the SOTU, we will have a conference call with Duncan Black (Atrios), as well as representatives from the Center for American Progress and the Campaign for America's Future. Join us and fact check his ass.

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