Update: Dems attack Bradley on Social Security ahead of AARP debate
By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com ReporterThe New Hampshire Democratic Party sponsored a conference call criticizing former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) position on Social Security.
State Sen. Lou D'Allesandro (D-Manchester) and Steve Gorin wanted to know if Bradley supports the privatization of Social Security.
"Jeb Bradley has had every opportunity to speak out against personal accounts and investing into a risky market, and he has failed to do so every time," said State Senator Lou D'Allesandro (D-Manchester). "The question is this: Where is Bradley today? And where was he when the privatization discussions were taking place? In politics we know that the record is what speaks loudest."
Gorin, delegate to both the 1995 and 2005 White House Conferences and Aging, said investing social security money into the market would be risky for future generations.
"Social Security is the only leg that a lot of seniors have to stand on when it comes to retirement," said Gorin. "Officials in the highest level of government are saying that we face the equivalent of a financial meltdown. Do we really want to trust the well-being of our children and grandchildren to the market?"
The conference call takes places days before Bradley is scheduled to debate U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester) at an AARP debate.
Update: "Maybe Ray Buckley should stop playing partisan politics at a time when seniors and everybody else is worried about the economy," Alicia Preston, Bradley's campaign press secretary, said in a statement. "Scaring seniors into believing that social security is not going to be available to them is wrong and simply not the case. It is vital that Congress work in a bipartisan fashion to ensure that Social security is viable for future generations. That is why it is important to send leaders to Washington who have a proven track record of solving difficult challenges."
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If we are shedding light on
If we are shedding light on the shortocmings of Bradley lets not forget Carol Shea-Porter and her Democrat leaders have failed to reveal their secret "commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices." In
the face of a slowing economy and soaring cost of living, Shea-Porter and
her fellow Democrats rejected a call to force Speaker Pelosi to tell the
American people how she plans to relieve their pain at the pump
Shea-Porter voted to allow
Shea-Porter voted to allow wasteful and unnecessary spending in order to add the word "safety" to the 41 year-old Federal Railroad Administration, wasting taxpayer dollars on administrative costs associated with changing the name of the agency.
ID of Jeb Bradley
This may be a quibble, but why does Politicker identify Jeb Bradley with "(R-Wolfeboro)"? Ordinarily, this would mean he is the current Republican representative of Wolfeboro, as in the state legislature. Similarly, Shea-Porter should be identified with "(D-NH)". If Politicker means something different with its flags, it should explain.
Maddness
Lets see, the government is about to bail out the financial markets with 800 billion dollars of taxpayer money, anybody know how much that is? That is enough paper to completely cover both New York and Washington DC, your great grandchildren will be paying the bill on this one.
This while seniors have struggled with rising fuel cost, rising food and prescription drug cost without a reasonable increase in social security. However, federal employees have invested PART of their retirement in the market for decades increasing their income for the future.
The system is broke; all reasonable people understand that something has to be done to fix it. So why not criticize someone who is willing to roll up their sleeves and try to work out a solution, oh while you are at it, scare the seniors while they are struggling, Same old stuff form the democrats class warfare, no solutions.
BTW, who is bailing out who here?
Maddness
Maddness - Seniors aren't the only people feeling the price of oil - as a fresh from college first year teacher, I find myself moon lighting at a local store to afford student loans, rent, and oil. Oil is $4 a gallon whether your 24 or 74
Pfft...
Dwight Eisenhower (I think) once quipped, "There's not a dine's worth of difference between a democrat and a republican" when referring to the hacks in government. When looking at Porter v. Bradley, can anyone tell me he's wrong? They are both failures and both wrong on too many issues for the same damm reasons. The only difference is that Porter is incompetent and honest about her failed positions while Bradley is disingenuous pond-scum who flip-flops more than John Kerry and lies more than Bill Clinton. The choice is pretty clear-I'd rather have the honest, incompetent Porter than the lying RINO Bradley.
This is a reasonable question....
I really would like to know where Jeb stands on this. I attended one of his town hall meetings a couple of years back and he didn't seem prepared to take a side at that time, although he was clearly doing is party's (and the President's) bidding going out to the people with the question. I don't consider the privitization of SS a scare tactic for the elderly - it's a scare tactic for everyone! While privatiation might not affect those currently getting benefits, it could impose a social hardship on society at large for many years. And that is what I would be interested to hear Jeb speak out about.
No surprise...
Before the primary, I predicted that if bradley won, the Dems would hang Bush adn his perceived failure around his neck like a millstone and he'd lose. I was right then and he will lose.
you're right, Keith
Bradley did refuse to take a stand on protecting Social Security in 2005. In 2002, he ran for Congress, and said that he was against privatizing Social Security. By 2005, he was singing a different tune, but one that was vague about where he stood on the issue, while shilling for Bush's plan to destroy Social Security. Bradley refused to make take a stand right up to the bitter end - he was on The Exchange the day before the election - refusing to say whether he'd work for his constituents or Wall St.
I can't imagine how anyone would think - now - after all that has happened, that turning Social Security over to Wall St. was a good idea.
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