House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reid commented on the remarks made by Rep. Jim McCrery on making Social Security reform top priority in 2007.
Pelosi said:
When House Republican point man on Social Security says that privatizing Social Security will be a top priority next year, it is clear the Republicans once again are not listening to the American people, who resoundingly rejected this risky scheme last year.
This is not true. Jim McCrery and other Republicans on the Hill are listening to the voices of America. There are people out here wanting reform.
Reid remarked:
They're still trying to push the country in the wrong direction with this misguided approach. Democrats stand side by side with America's seniors in opposing the deep benefit cuts and massive new debt that the GOP's privatization scheme would require.
What Reid is saying is that they only care about the seniors of today, not the seniors of the future. They are not listening to today's youth who are going to be greatly affected by social security. If the system is not corrected soon, the seniors of the future will not have social security.
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