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If you want to eliminate an outdated or failed arms system you are weak on defense. However, if you want to eliminate social security, you campaign on "improving" it by privatizing it, and allow Wall Street to get its cut while SS slowly dies. Besides, the rich don't want to change the way SS is funded. The SS tax is the most regressive we have. Not only do all of the lower income earners pay at the same level, the richest only pay on a portion of their income.
What the article didn't really address is that much of the misinformation about Obama sticks because he does not fit the profile of a moderate leader. It's easy to play on even latent prejudices to label a black man as someone outside of the norm. I am not saying that all who disagree with the President do so because of his race, or that even a majority do. I do believe, however, that people are more willing to accept slander against one different from themselves.
Regards,
D-Ray
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We won't get fooled again; Don't get fooled again
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