Why Did Obama Ever Get Involved With A Deranged, Senile Freak Like Alan Simpson?

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Simpson is only 81 but his brain no longer serves him. More often than not his blurts out the craziest things. But since he doesn't have to run for office again, it barely seems to matter. I guess it wouldn't... if he weren't involved with public policy. But for some reason I still can't fathom, Obama put him in charge-- along with Democratic corporate whore Erskine Bowles-- of a commission that supposed to work up some kind of a Grand Bargain to screw the American people out of Social Security and Medicare. Earlier this spring the California Alliance for Retired Americans protested outside a Simpson Bowles event and below is the letter they got back April 6 (though it was dated April 7). Tell me, does this sound sane to you? But, for that matter, does screwing up Social Security sound sane... and that's just what our political elites thing is the serious thing that adults (themselves) must do.

Erskine Bowles and I thoroughly enjoyed our time on the West Coast and received an excellent reception from folks -- at least those who are using their heads and have given up using emotion, fear, guilt or racism to juice up their troops. Your little flyer entitled “Bowles! Simpson! Stop using the deficit as a phony excuse to gut our Social Security!” is one of the phoniest excuses for a “flyer” I have ever seen. You use the faces of young people, who are the ones who are going to get gutted while you continue to push out your blather and drivel. My suggestion to you-- an honest one-- read the damn report. The Moment of Truth-- 67 pages, and then tell me if we’re not doing the right thing with Social Security. What a wretched group of seniors you must be to use the faces of the very people that we are trying to save, while the “greedy geezers” like you use them as a tool and a front for your nefarious bunch of crap. You must feel some sense of shame for shoveling out this bulls**t. Read the latest news from the Social Security Trustees. The Social Security System will not “hit the skids” in 2033 instead of 2036. If you can’t understand all of this you need a pane of glass in your naval so you can see out during the day! Read the report. Get back to me. My address is below.

If you don’t read the report, — as Ebenezer Scrooge said in the Christmas Carol, “Haunt me no longer!”

Best regards,

Alan Simpson

Nan Basmer, president of California Alliance for Retired Americans responded: "Alan Simpson’s mean-spirited comments insult the intelligence and dedication of retiree activists who worry about their children and grandchildren’s future. Sen. Simpson sounds an awful lot like Mitt Romney and others who will use the recent Social Security Trustees report as political cover for their radical changes. They would put seniors at risk while enriching Wall Street and the big health insurance companies. For instance, increasing the retirement age-- one of their suggestions-- would be extremely unfair to workers, particularly those in blue-collar and service sector jobs. And privatizing Social Security would let Wall Street firms profit while gambling workers’ Social Security savings on the roulette wheel of the stock market."

Raising the payroll tax cap seems to make the most sense, right? Sure unless you're a multimillionaire. We need to be more careful about electing too many millionaires to Congress... even if they're Democrats.