SS reform plan draws criticism(FLA US rep Allen Boyd (D)

[candy331]

Boyd has climbed aboard the Bush SS private accounts in a big way, he is pushing hard. He has been met with much oppositon though. Last night he held a meeting in Tallahassee on SS and the public showed him they were not for it by a 4-1 against but I don't suppose that will stop him.



U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd was being pelted with Social Security questions and comments ranging from seriously skeptical to hotly hostile Tuesday night when a woman who won't be affected by pending changes herself seemed to summarize what the national furor is all about.

"When I retire, I want to retire," said Marguerite Burton. "I don't mind doing volunteer work, but I want to be guaranteed that our benefits will be there. And I want them to be there for my children and grandchildren."

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Boyd, a Democrat, is hosting a series of public forums on a personal-investment plan he has co-sponsored with Arizona Republican Jim Kolbe, told about 125 constituents in the Leon High School auditorium that the problem is simple and the solutions are complex. Projecting charts on a giant screen, Boyd said taxes paid into Social Security by workers and employers now outpace payments to retirees and other beneficiaries by about $150 billion a year - but that the trend lines will cross in 2018 and the trust fund will run out in 2042.

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The Kolbe-Boyd plan does not privatize Social Security and - like President Bush's plan - won't affect benefits for workers 55 and older. Younger workers could stash in personal accounts 3 percent of their first $10,000 of earnings and 2 percent of the remainder, up to the Social Security tax ceiling - which would rise from the current $89,900 in earnings to $142,500 over five years.
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Instead of asking a question, Joe Cain just asked "for a quick show of hands" for or against Boyd's plan. With a chorus of groans, audience sentiment ran heavily against Boyd's suggestions and Cain estimated the vote was 4-1 or more against the idea.

www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local

[democrat in Tallahassee]

1. we really need someone to run against boyd next year;

he's a real stinker

[candy331]

3. He mangaged to fight his way out this go around but the female

repub challenger was nipping at his heels. I suppose if he keeps this up the repugs(people will vote for real deal) will win in 06 if a good Dem does not challenge him.

[tsuki]

4. We keep saying that over here, but look at the choice we had...Boyd

or Kilmer. The local keeps groaning, but Kilmer would have been even worse. If you think of anyone, we're ready over here.

[cestpaspossible]

2. My letter to Bill Cotterel

Strange assertion in your article on Boyd SS meeting


Your article in the Tallahassee Democrat about Boyd's SS meeting makes following editorial assertion:

"The Kolbe-Boyd plan does not privatize Social Security"


yet, the people at the meeting were obviously talking about the Kolbe-Boyd plan which does just that.

Aren't you concerned about your credibility and the long-term viability of your career? Don't you think that blatant bias like this will be remembered when the political pendulum swings back? Wouldn't the public be better served if you simply reported on the story, without adding editorial comments that happen to be falsehoods?