Subj : Social Security Going Bro
To   : Earl Croasmun
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Sat Nov 23 2013 23:02:55

Hello Earl,

 >>> He calls it "Reagan's" tax increase, ignoring the fact that
 >>> it was proposed by a bipartisan commission and passed by a
 >>> bipartisan majority in Congress before being signed by
 >>> Reagan.  But Bob considers those facts "meaningless" to the
 >>> question of whose tax increases they were!  Meaningless!

 >> The commission was headed by Alan Greenspan, and served the
 >> purposes of the Reagan administration.

EC>Finally you say something about the bipartisan commission (while
EC>still ignoring the bipartisan support in both houses of Congress),
EC>but really you say nothing.

Every committee/commission in Congress is by definition "bipartisan".
All that is needed is for one member of another party to be on that
committee/commission to make it bipartisan.  See how that works?
Golly gee.  I'm sooooo smart.  :)

EC>Greenspan was one of the fifteen members.  He didn't make the
EC>recommendations.

"If you'll lie by omission, you'll lie by commission."
- Kathleen Parker

Who appointed Greenspan?  Was it a Democrat who appointed him?  Or
was it a Republican?  And who set the agenda for the meetings?  Who
chaired the meetings?  How many Democrats were on the commssion?
How many Republicans were on the commission?

ED>The commission made the recommendations.  That includes several
ED>Democrats including Claude Pepper, and an assistant secretary of HHS
ED>under Carter, and a former head of the SSA, and the head of the
EC>AFL-CIO!  It was bipartisan, which is one of the many words you just
EC>don't understand.

None of those Democrats had any real power at the time, given there
was a Republican president by the name of Ronald Reagan who was heads
and heels in love with a monetarist named Alan Greenspan.

And let's not forget about Reagan's Boy Wonder, David Stockman ...

--Lee

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