Comments on: Bush laments pushing for Social Security reform two days after citing it as his biggest accomplishment. http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:48:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: telestai http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5411636 telestai Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:21:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5411636 Shrub's biggest mistake remains active: he opens his mouth in front of folks with brains. Shrub’s biggest mistake remains active: he opens his mouth in front of folks with brains.

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5410474 Keith Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:05:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5410474 Chile has also had problems with privatizing retirement. From Mother Jones March 2005: "A recent report by the Chilean government brought more grim news, forecasting that as many as half of all workers won't be able to save enough to receive the minimum pension when they retire—even after paying into their accounts for 30 years—and will therefore rely on government subsidies. More than 17 percent of Chile's retirees now continue working because they can't afford to live on their pensions, according to that study, and another 7 percent want to work, but can't find jobs." Chile has also had problems with privatizing retirement. From Mother Jones March 2005:

“A recent report by the Chilean government brought more grim news, forecasting that as many as half of all workers won’t be able to save enough to receive the minimum pension when they retire—even after paying into their accounts for 30 years—and will therefore rely on government subsidies. More than 17 percent of Chile’s retirees now continue working because they can’t afford to live on their pensions, according to that study, and another 7 percent want to work, but can’t find jobs.”

]]> By: OhioProgressive http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409932 OhioProgressive Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:42:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409932 Biggest success: Michiavellian politics.You near bankrupted the country and gutted the Constitution and left a few land mines for Obama to find buried in the bowels of the CIA and Justice Dept. Biggest failure: Buying all that land in Paraguay to get away from your destruction and then finding out they have extradition laws after all. Damn, that sucks. Biggest success: Michiavellian politics.You near bankrupted the country and gutted the Constitution and left a few land mines for Obama to find buried in the bowels of the CIA and Justice Dept.
Biggest failure: Buying all that land in Paraguay to get away from your destruction and then finding out they have extradition laws after all. Damn, that sucks.

]]> By: happygolucky http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409760 happygolucky Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:18:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409760 C L A S S W A R F A R E ----- is ON !!!! I wasn't born to serve the wealthy... to waste my life enhancing their greed... to work in THEIR factories.... TAX THE HELL OUT OF THEM AND SPREAD THE WEALTH... let Paris get a REAL JOB other than milking the chickens and plucking the cowhands. C L A S S W A R F A R E —– is ON !!!!
I wasn’t born to serve the wealthy… to waste my life enhancing their greed… to work in THEIR factories….
TAX THE HELL OUT OF THEM AND SPREAD THE WEALTH… let Paris get a REAL JOB other than milking the chickens and plucking the cowhands.

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409756 shoeless Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:18:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409756 I guess someone told him that Social Security is still functioning. Doh! I guess someone told him that Social Security is still functioning. Doh!

]]> By: happygolucky http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409752 happygolucky Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:15:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409752 BIGGEST MISTAKE---> Being DUMB as a F'ing STUMP BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT---> Retaining 14% approval given his suck performance in everything from WAR to $$$$ BIGGEST MISTAKE—> Being DUMB as a F’ing STUMP
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT—> Retaining 14% approval given his suck performance in everything from WAR to $$$$

]]> By: Alecto http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409740 Alecto Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:03:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409740 Sung to Lee Greenwood's "Proud to be an AMerican" I'm embarrased to be an American with bush at the helm He's always there to cause us greif and take our rights from thee And I would stand up and hang his ass to protect the "god damn document" But, I'll tell you now I love this land Go away you SOB.... Sung to Lee Greenwood’s “Proud to be an AMerican”

I’m embarrased to be an American
with bush at the helm
He’s always there to cause us greif
and take our rights from thee

And I would stand up
and hang his ass
to protect the “god damn document”

But, I’ll tell you now
I love this land
Go away you SOB….

]]> By: smchris http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409734 smchris Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:03:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409734 Well, I have to agree in a fascist Hitlerian sort of way that the sick bastard is right. A lot of people _like_ getting their social security so it was a poor strategic move to attack it so early in the process. On the other hand, what Rove's minions failed to do was get the American people to hate enough. Oh sure, they tried to demonize the secular humanists, gays, and Mexicans. Like Hitler had his Jews, gays and gypsies, you really need a focus of hate to get the masses marching in the streets and sacrificing their personal futures for the "good of the fatherland". They failed. And the American people, for all their shortcomings sitting in front of the TV chewing their cud and watching American Idol while the Bushies drove the country straight to hell, the one thing they didn't do was hate as much as they should have to fulfill the dreams of the Bush regime. Well, I have to agree in a fascist Hitlerian sort of way that the sick bastard is right. A lot of people _like_ getting their social security so it was a poor strategic move to attack it so early in the process. On the other hand, what Rove’s minions failed to do was get the American people to hate enough. Oh sure, they tried to demonize the secular humanists, gays, and Mexicans. Like Hitler had his Jews, gays and gypsies, you really need a focus of hate to get the masses marching in the streets and sacrificing their personal futures for the “good of the fatherland”. They failed. And the American people, for all their shortcomings sitting in front of the TV chewing their cud and watching American Idol while the Bushies drove the country straight to hell, the one thing they didn’t do was hate as much as they should have to fulfill the dreams of the Bush regime.

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409728 Doc Rock Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:35:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409728 Whaddaya expect from the fool of Chelm? Whaddaya expect from the fool of Chelm?

]]> By: KayInMaine http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409726 KayInMaine Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:18:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409726 George Bush is such a screw up. It's hard for him to choose which screw up was his best one and vice versa. George Bush is such a screw up. It’s hard for him to choose which screw up was his best one and vice versa.

]]> By: Witch1 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409710 Witch1 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:02:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409710 Look's like bull shit bush, sick twitch that he is has finelly slipped his wrapper all together....P.B.& J Look’s like bull shit bush, sick twitch that he is has finelly slipped his wrapper all together….P.B.& J

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409696 Fred Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:30:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409696 <blockquote>old_hack Says: what are you guys gonna do when Obama starts stuttering and shuffling his feet when he becomes president.</blockquote> Are you going to apologize if that doesn't happen?

old_hack Says:
what are you guys gonna do when Obama starts stuttering and shuffling his feet when he becomes president.

Are you going to apologize if that doesn’t happen?

]]> By: sectionop92 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409694 sectionop92 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:28:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409694 What now...is Georgie sad he didn't turn I.C.E. into the Freedom Family Democracy Gestapo and turn the National Guard loose on the border in a S.S.-type fashion to protect us all from the hired help that his agency heads use?! Get this man on a stable regiment of Lithium, Cymbalta and Vodka until the 20th, please! What now…is Georgie sad he didn’t turn I.C.E. into the Freedom Family Democracy Gestapo and turn the National Guard loose on the border in a S.S.-type fashion to protect us all from the hired help that his agency heads use?!

Get this man on a stable regiment of Lithium, Cymbalta and Vodka until the 20th, please!

]]> By: rogerD http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409692 rogerD Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:19:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409692 Every time I hear the man speak, I feel a little stupider. BTW, W, every country that privatized its national pension fund had to be bailed out by the taxpayers. But then again, maybe that was the plan all along. De-regulate, privatize, bust the unions=the republican lullaby. Every time I hear the man speak, I feel a little stupider. BTW, W, every country that privatized its national pension fund had to be bailed out by the taxpayers. But then again, maybe that was the plan all along. De-regulate, privatize, bust the unions=the republican lullaby.

]]> By: wiley http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409686 wiley Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:08:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409686 Italy privatized some of their retirement funds, and now they're sorry. Italy privatized some of their retirement funds, and now they’re sorry.

]]> By: LiberalVoter http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409682 LiberalVoter Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:04:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409682 But Briseadh na Faire, some of us have to deal with reality and try to clean up after the 'Worst President Ever'® But Briseadh na Faire, some of us have to deal with reality and try to clean up after the ‘Worst President Ever’®

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409676 Briseadh na Faire Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:58:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409676 <em><blockquote>morlock Says: @Briseadh na Faire Actually, whatever he’s on, I never want to get close to it. Seriously brain-warping stuff.</blockquote></em> Yes, but everything is happy and wonderful and you never fail at anything and the world is at peace and everybody loves you!!!
morlock Says:

@Briseadh na Faire

Actually, whatever he’s on, I never want to get close to it. Seriously brain-warping stuff.

Yes, but everything is happy and wonderful and you never fail at anything and the world is at peace and everybody loves you!!!

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409670 Keith Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:48:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409670 If you invested $5,048 in Nasdaq in March 2000, you would have $1,652 today (minus fees). If you invested $5,048 in Nasdaq in March 2000, you would have $1,652 today (minus fees).

]]> By: COProgressive http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409666 COProgressive Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:45:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409666 <em>stateofthedivision Says: Jeb Bush and cousin George Herbert Walker worked for Lehman Brothers. They’re now part owners of Neuberger Investment Management. The bankruptcy judge sold it for 58% off with no money down.</em> Yeah, heard about that. Geez, some people get all the good deals, like the shrub getting a baseball team and stadium on borrowed $100,000 only to turn it over for $ 9 million a few years later. Maybe if I change my name to Bush good deals will fall in my lap too. stateofthedivision Says:
Jeb Bush and cousin George Herbert Walker worked for Lehman Brothers. They’re now part owners of Neuberger Investment Management. The bankruptcy judge sold it for 58% off with no money down.

Yeah, heard about that. Geez, some people get all the good deals, like the shrub getting a baseball team and stadium on borrowed $100,000 only to turn it over for $ 9 million a few years later.

Maybe if I change my name to Bush good deals will fall in my lap too.

]]> By: joe cantwell http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/comment-page-2/#comment-5409656 joe cantwell Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:42:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/06/bush-social-security-immigration/#comment-5409656 herr_crusher has left the building. i didn't know bedtime was so early at the home. ;( herr_crusher has left the building.

i didn’t know bedtime was so early

at the home.

;(

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