Pro-choice.Paul Glastris Paul Glastris is an American journalist and political columnist. Glastris is the current editor in chief of The Washington Monthly and was President Bill Clinton's chief speechwriter from September 1998 to the end of his presidency in early 2001. writes: "With his Social-Security private-accounts proposal, the president was in essence offering voters a variety of ways to have less retirement security" ("Bush's Ownership Society," December 2005). But this really isn't true, especially for younger people. The way Social Security stands now, it's beyond a mere risk that I won't see much of a return for my "investment." It's a certainty. It would be difficult not to do better privately than the effective rate of return on my large Social Security tax, especially if the Washington solution ends up being to raise the Social Security tax even more. I'd rather take the risk of investing my own money and having an asset that I own. Social Security is a rip-off for most people, and will only get to be more so as the demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. change to a lower worker-retiree ratio. I also find it amusing--and telling--that in one breath Glastris writes about delivering on individual choice: "Liberals are in a much better ideological position to actually deliver on the demand for more individual control and choice. The only obstacle is realizing that liberal policy goals can be advanced by smart proposals that let citizens make their own decisions" And then he concludes with advocating forced "choice" in health insurance, education, and retirement. That's an oxymoron if I've ever heard one. This is the classic paternalistic pa·ter·nal·ism n. A policy or practice of treating or governing people in a fatherly manner, especially by providing for their needs without giving them rights or responsibilities. and arrogant ar·ro·gant adj. 1. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance. 2. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others: leftist left·ism also Left·ism n. 1. The ideology of the political left. 2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political left. left mindset--let's force people to do what we think is best for them--and it's revolting. When do you let the children grow up and learn to be self-sufficient? David Andersen David Emil Andersen (born June 23, 1980 in Carlton, Victoria) is an Australian professional basketball player currently playing with CSKA Moscow from the Russian Basketball Super League. Andersen started playing basketball at the Australian Institute of Sport. Via email |
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