History Proves Right Time After Time
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So now they're all saying Social Security reform won't happen. Democrats are saying it. A lot of Republicans are even saying it. Virtually all reporters I talk to are saying it. Trouble is, President Bush isn't saying it. And his guru, Karl Rove, certainly isn't saying it.
So what to make of it?
I know it's swimming against the consensus tide, but I think we will get Social Security reform. It's not just because I talked to Rove and he sounds so convincing; it's because I've looked at history and it sounds even more convincing — recent history, like early 2001. This president is pushing a huge tax cut almost no one thinks he'll get through. He gets it through!
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Not so recent history, like early 1981, another president named Reagan pushed a drastic reduction in all tax rates most insisted would never get done. They got done.
And really not-so-recent history, like 1962, a Democratic president named Kennedy promised to land a man on the moon before that decade was out. Many laughed — until we did just that on July 20, 1969.
My point is: The crowd often gets it wrong.
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The same crowd that said a peanut farmer from Georgia could never get elected president. Or that an actor from California could never succeed him.
History proves right again and again.
What do you think?
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The consensus is proved wrong again and again.
I'm dumb enough to admit I have no idea what Social Security reform will look like.
But I'm smart enough to know there will be some sort of reform to look at.
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