Deficit Commission’s Alan Simpson Denounces Fat Cat Geezers

It’s a little hard to believe that the political professionals within the Whte House (meaning Rahm Emmanuel) knew what they were getting themselves into when they appointed former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson to co-chair the president’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Yes, it’s obvious that the so-called Deficit Commission’s real purpose is to cut old-age entitlements, a move long favored by Simpson, as well as by the Heritage Foundation and Wall Street. But did they really want someone who would be quite so crude and blatant about these intentions–and so whacked out as well?

Simpson has already said that Social Security and Medicare are the reason “this country is gonna go to the bow-wows,” and he wouldn’t be dissuaded from cutting them by AARP or “the Gray Panthers, the Pink Panther, whatever.” But in an interview on Fox News last week, Simpson managed to outdo himself...

...Simpson told Fox anchor Chris Wallace that whatever “adjustment” is ultimately made, and whatever has been suggested in the way of Social Security reform for the last ten years, “none of that affects anybody over 57.” He said most of his mail was coming from: “These old cats 70 and 80 years old who are not affected in one whiff. People who live in gated communities and drive their Lexus to the Perkins restaurant to get the AARP discount. This is madness.”

(The average monthly benefit for all workers is about $1,150.)

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/quickfacts/stat_snapshot/

Once Simpson made his point about the fat cat geezers, Wallace tried to engage about what exactly he had in mind for the under-57 crowd: “You are talking about raising the retirement age, are you talking about higher taxes?” A fair enough question, to which Simpson replied: “I don’t know.” He...mentioned the 1983 commission that put the program on a sound footing. That commission resolved the problem, he said, “because they had all the facts they needed. So do we.”

(Hey Simpson, if Reagan's "reform," which was supposed to save SS "forever," put it on a sound footing, then what the hell are *you* doing?)

http://unsilentgeneration.com/2010/05/06/deficit-commissions-alan-simpson-denounces-fat-cat-geezers/


Have any doubt what's planned?

for life. With every passing day the USA becomes more Evil. Until the populace stand up for what is right it will continue until the nation is destroyed. We must recognize Simpson, Fox, Norquist, Heritage Foundation, et al for what they are - The Enemy.