Social Security Panel Tells Truth [Free Republic] By Stephen Moore

Social Security is the last vestige of the New Deal era of creeping socialism that the left wants to preserve and expand upon rather than modernize.

I have always believed that Social Security is the soft underbelly of the welfare state. If Social Security can be made private, the rest of the architecture of the income redistributionist ideology of the left will soon come crumbling down behind it. …

If workers start demanding that the chains of Social Security be unshackled, soon they might demand financial independence in so many other areas of their lives.

FactCheck.org Does Social Security Really Face an $11 Trillion Deficit?

Bush and Cheney say yes. But actuaries say the figure is “likely to mislead” the public on the system’s true financial state.

Summary

President Bush and Vice President Cheney have told audiences that Social Security faces an $11 trillion shortfall if nothing is done to fix the current system. But they fail to mention that this is over the course of the “infinite future.” Over the next 75 years — still practically a lifetime — the shortfall is projected to be $3.7 trillion.

The “infinite” projection is one that the American Academy of Actuaries says is likely to mislead the public into thinking the system “is in far worse financial condition than is actually indicated,” and therefore should not be used to explain the long-term outlook.

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The End of the Rights of Association and Assembly:

Christian Taylor, Free Republic: “ANSWER and some of the other protest groups like Code Pink have allied themselves with the terrorists and with Saddam Hussein. So for them to get permitted demonstration spots along the parade route is akin to giving Sadam Hussein and the terrorists their own cheerleading section.”

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Newspaper shouldn’t print Liberal voices

[T]he glorious Constitution is there to protect the rights of Christians to profess their faith. This country was founded by good Christians and the Constitution guarantees our right to express our religion.

It just is completely beyond me how we have allowed Liberals to deny us this guaranteed right.

Oh, they raise ridiculous arguments like other (false) religions would be “upset” if they were forced to pray alongside the righteous in schools or council meetings.

Surely those others would appreciate the opportunity to be saved. As God’s chosen people, we Christians have the right to express our religion and praise tolerant, patient and merciful God, and I don’t want to read any more letters from Liberals suggesting non-believers should be allowed to express their superstitions just because we Christians can express ours.

The Founding Fathers were God-fearing men and never intended the first Amendment to promote other superstitious beliefs.