It all begins in Texas

From corporal punishment to privatized rip-offs, Texas leads us all. 

They lead the country in the most fatalities due to child-abuse and the most fatalities due to spousal abuse.  They privatized their social security fully for over a decade in three counties with the following as results: The wealthy did better than they would have had they stayed in social security while the poor suffered losses and in some cases became beholden to a welfare subsidy.  Brilliant.  Help the rich screw the poor.  Sooner you can help the poor die, the better off we will all be. (don't really mean it)

When we look for examples of success it makes it truly difficult to follow those coming out of Texas.  Odd how they all went to Galveston yesterday, Tom DeLay's territory to discuss Social Security Reform.  Here is a link that originated from the Chicago Sun and we ran in February.  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/world/10933779.htm

Look, I'm thinking we all contribute a percentage up to a dollar ceiling amount which should guarantee benefits at a certain rate.  From there, we are already allowed to invest in privatized accounts.  I don't understand why we are pushing this now.  We have been allowed to fund our own retirements for years and even cease paying into social security since 1981.  However, I want us to all put in money up to a celing amount.  (That's my opinion because we must have a guarentee that we pay into, not something we get on the backs of others).  The privatized contributions would be on those who had more to invest.  The wealthier people would be taking greater risks and many will do much better than social security could ever do for them.  They ought to be allowed to do this and they are.  So when Clinton started this mess of reform when we had a surplus in our budget, I wonder why Bush is perpetuating it after that surplus is gone--and then some.  Again, it is just me wondering wtf is going on.

As for corporal punishment, a little discipline such as spankings should be allowed, but in the schools these days, we have too many people who can be brought up on civil rights lawsuits, both deserving to be and undeserving to be.  It is how our laws work for us and against us.  Personal ethics must be seeded and tended in order to grow.