Well it seems like the outrage seems to swelling in response to the laughable Social Security "plan" presented by the Chimperor in his recent press conference. Two (!) scathing editiorials in the WaPo today excoriate the "plan"...
The first, by EJ Dionne advises Dems to
leave the table:
Walking away from a rigged game is hard for some people, especially when those running it and the respected opinion-makers who support them insist that this time the game will truly be on the level. But, especially when the danger involves gambling away the future of Social Security, the truly responsible thing is to leave the table.
The second, by Richard Cohen, does an outstanding job putting the SS issue in context of the huge and growing disparity in wealth and income:
Whatever the merits of personal investment accounts, they would do nothing to alter the dismal math of Social Security projections. But raising the cap would. Why $90,000? Why not $140,000? Better yet, why not raise it to $140,000 and then raise it to confiscatory levels on obscene payments such as Michael Eisner's $575.6 million back in 1998 or -- brace yourself -- the $105,000 Moonves got for using his own home in New York rather than a hotel or the $43,000 Freston got for spending time in his place in Los Angeles. (Moonves is based in L.A.; Freston is based in New York.) Somewhere, ladies and gentlemen, is a CEO who's angling to be paid for sleeping with his wife. It's just a matter of time. Get mad, people. Get mad.
Social Security is as american as applie pie. This could be the thing that finally derails the onslaught of the kleptocracy.