Another day, another Grammism

I thought I'd heard enough of this man's childish shit for one lifetime, but twice in 2 days is almost more than I can bear.

In his Washington Times interview - the same one where he insisted the recession is a hoax - Phil Gramm came up with another idiotic idea. (He's Phil Gramm, so what do you expect?)

I didn't read the whole interview, because I don't have time to read every hate paper in circulation, especially when they give a platform to someone like Gramm who I never could stand to begin with. So I'm letting the juicy parts get strained out for us by others.

In the interview, Gramm suggested raising the retirement age to 70. Seriously, he said that. So if you're under 40 now, you'll be working 5 years longer than your parents.

Then what the hell are we paying into Social Security for? If you look at the obituaries in my area long enough, it seems like half the people don't even live to be 65, let alone 70. After Congress in the '90s raised the retirement age to 67 for younger workers (a change that was largely covered up while it was going on), there's already a strong chance you'll never see any of the money you paid into the system.

It's your money, not Phil Gramm's.

Retirement at 70??? For some occupations, it may make sense, but not for the demanding jobs most Americans have. Ol' Cat in the Hat really is trying to make sure people get milked as much as possible as cogs in the corporate wheel, isn't he? Maybe we need a new nickname for him: Gulag Gramm.

McCain made this clod his top economic adviser?

(Source: http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2008/07/mccain-adviser-raise-retirement-age-to.html)