idlerat warns of the dangers of privatizing Social Security, Bush's first order of business for the new term.
It's going to be a nightmare -- I read Paul O'Neill's book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743255453/qid=1100010340/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-7700320-0978518), and he did find a way to revise Social Security without sinking it. Bush refused to meet with the man about it!
The way to reduce the number of abortions (in my opinion) is not to ban them outright at this point, but to promote the use of condoms and the Pill.
Don't forget to also make it easier for women to have and raise children -- it's so very hard and expensive to raise a kid by yourself, yet women are *still* villified as single moms if they do get pregnant and decide to keep the kid. It's not surprising that abortion is a more attractive option for so many people, especially in bad economic times.
Of course, the real solution is changing society so that comprehensive sex-ed is de rigeur, instead of controversial, and so that women don't have to choose between going through an unplanned pregnancies and staying out of the poorhouse. Doing *that* will take years, if not decades, and a lot of hard work.
Outlawing abortion is a just a quick fix -- one that doesn't actually help anyone, but sure looks good in the papers.
With allies pulling out, the natural concern is whether a draft will become necessary (though Bush has often said he won't institute one).
No, he's just pulling up poor buggers who are out already! (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Nov/06/ln/ln10p.html)
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It's going to be a nightmare -- I read Paul O'Neill's book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743255453/qid=1100010340/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-7700320-0978518), and he did find a way to revise Social Security without sinking it. Bush refused to meet with the man about it!
The way to reduce the number of abortions (in my opinion) is not to ban them outright at this point, but to promote the use of condoms and the Pill.
Don't forget to also make it easier for women to have and raise children -- it's so very hard and expensive to raise a kid by yourself, yet women are *still* villified as single moms if they do get pregnant and decide to keep the kid. It's not surprising that abortion is a more attractive option for so many people, especially in bad economic times.
Of course, the real solution is changing society so that comprehensive sex-ed is de rigeur, instead of controversial, and so that women don't have to choose between going through an unplanned pregnancies and staying out of the poorhouse. Doing *that* will take years, if not decades, and a lot of hard work.
Outlawing abortion is a just a quick fix -- one that doesn't actually help anyone, but sure looks good in the papers.
With allies pulling out, the natural concern is whether a draft will become necessary (though Bush has often said he won't institute one).
No, he's just pulling up poor buggers who are out already! (http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Nov/06/ln/ln10p.html)