Does Sam Johnson want to Nuke Your Retirement? Or Just Syria?

My opponent's actions in Congress vis a vis Social Security have raised some interesting reactions, apparently. Here are reactions I've gotten from individuals who discovered they had a Republican alternative to sam: To: info@bobjohnsonforcongress.com Subject: Good Job! All headers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Received recorded phone call today re: Bob Johnson for Congress. Refreshing, stimulating, but let's not forget that Sam Johnson also tried to sneak the so called Grow Accounts into Social Security that would, in effect, reduce SS benefits. I'm a senior citizen who will vote for you because I'm scared. I'm afraid that if Sam Johnson is reelected I'll lose everything I have worked for. With Warmest Regards, (maybe GROW stands for 'Greatly Reducing Old-folks' Well-being!!!) And yet another: To: Subject: Fwd: Teacher Retirement/Social Security All headers This is the law that Sam Johnson voted for to deprive teachers of their Social Security. I'm getting in contact with a colleague who wrote to Sam about this, and he has the indifferent letter he received back from him. I will give him your email address so he can contact you directly. Want teacher votes?--get on this band wagon.

I'm all for reforming Social Security and even privatizing it, as nations as different as New Zealand, UK, Chile, and Communist China have been doing for over 30 years. However, I can promise you one thing on my parents' graves, and that is that I will NEVER propose or vote for a Social Security proposal where folks currently retired or over the age of 45 and thus about to retire will EVER get a dime less in Social Security than they'd have normally received. My opponent's proposals (as well as those of the Bush Administration) seem less like the sincere proposals of someone wishing to actually make things better for younger folks by giving them better incentives for saving and hard work, while at the same time preserving the benefits of those already retired or about to retire and for whom Social Security and tax simplification is 'too late' but instead reminds me of the scene in Animal Farm where Boxer who has worked hard all of his life gets taken away to the glue factory. This must stop. Elect me, and I'll stop it.