all this talk about social security is no doubt, obscuring the real issue. what that real issue is of course, is up for debate. but one doesn't need any debate on whether or not the bush administration is telling the truth when it comes to social security, and it's plans to privatize it.

sure, social security is needing some tweaks. what doesn't. especially one that involves so many people and so much money, it has GOT to require tweaks over time. but like all things bushite, there's a right way of doing it, and then there's the bushite way of doing it. and i can tell you without hesitation, they are not one and the same.

so the issue shouldn't be about whether or not social security needs any changes. the issue should be about how best to do it. seems to me. the way they have been doing it so far, has been a pretty good job.