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March 23, 2005

People Say All Kinds Of Stuff

Bush's case for changing Social Security seems to be descending into total gibberish. This is him in New Mexico yesterday:

PRESIDENT: I can think of a couple of positive things when somebody opens up their own savings... All of a sudden—tax policy, spending policy, debt policy—all of a sudden it makes a lot more sense to you if the effects of government affect your asset base. Secondly, I think it makes a lot of sense for people just to watch things grow. And we want that extended throughout our society.

Sometimes I think I can sort of tell what he's trying to say by "it makes a lot of sense for people to watch things grow." But then a second later I have no idea again.

In any case, if Bush is right maybe there are other ways we could improve society rather than monkeying around with Social Security. For instance, here are some things that grow. So, I guess it would make a lot of sense for people just to watch them:

• Flowers
• Other Plants
• Children
• Foreign debt of the United States
• Time it takes the earth to rotate (an additional 0.0016 seconds per century)
• Buboes of those afflicted with the Black Death
• Parts that the bathing suit covers (only grow under certain conditions)

Is there anything I'm leaving out?

Posted at March 23, 2005 09:46 AM | TrackBack
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• Inflation
• Terrorism
• Gas prices
• China's economy
• Laura Bush's ass
• National crime rates
• Gap between rich & poor
• Number of uninsured Americans

Posted by: Arvin Hill at March 23, 2005 11:28 AM

Love, Jonathan, love. I've been told it grows where my Rosemary goes.

Posted by: Harry at March 23, 2005 11:34 AM

Oh Lord!! Still guffawing over this post. It makes me tired trying to figure out what he means all the time. I have other stuff to do. Like check my Social Security Account status. Is it too much to ask that we get a president who can speak his native tongue, for crying out loud? Maybe we could send him to English as a Second Language classes. Bet he'd choke on a pretzel at break time. Still guffawing.

Posted by: Carrie at March 26, 2005 01:42 AM