So word is that Nancy Pelosi, worth $16 million, said last week that she would not move an inch to make any changes to SS until any sort of privatization is off the table. What is so bad? Does she really think Americans are so stupid that they will all lose their money if they are allowed to make any decisions on it? Now I'll grant you that there's a whole generation of Americans that probably wouldn't make good decisions because they were brought up to believe that the government would always take care of them. That's the attitude that Pelosi loves, because that means she'll be in power as long as she can keep the con going. As long as Americans are kept stupid and ignorant, then she can continue grabbing more and more power and control over our lives until it gets to the point where we have to vote for her, because we wouldn't be able to function without her taking care of us.

Ok, maybe that rant went a little far, but it was fun, anyway. But really, what is so horrible about allowing people more control over their money? It's not like it's all of SS, it's only a small percentage of SS. Pelosi participates in the congressional thrift plan, which has averaged a 6% return for 20 years, even going up during the .Com bust. If 6% is good enough for Nancy, why isn't it good enough for me? Why is the 1.7% return people get on SS so much better?