I know it's shooting ourselves in the foot to continually point out exactly how dumb BushCo is. I know that we should hang the blame for every stupid mistake he makes right around his neck. But did you read Bold Leader's explanation for how his plan to dismantle Social Security will work? Via Digby:
Because the -- all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on the table; whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those -- changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be -- or closer delivered to what has been promised.'Does that make any sense to you? It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of things that cause the -- like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some have suggested that we calculate -- the benefits will rise based upon inflation, as opposed to wage increases. There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those -- if that growth is affected, it will help on the red.
'Okay, better? I'll keep working on it.'
You can see from the bolded text that he's bright enough to know that he's spewing utter nonsense - practically Dadaist poetry on the topic of destroying Social Security. And yet he goes out in public, knowing nearly nothing, specifically to chatter to the adoring masses on the topic of destroying Social Security.
And the corporate media lets him get away with it every time.
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