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McCain Lies About Supporting Social Security Privatization

thinkprogress.org — During his town hall event in New Hampshire yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) got into a verbal back and forth with a voter over his support for Social Security privatization. McCain told the man, “I’m not for, quote, privatizing Social Security. I never have been. I never will be.” But McCain’s record begs to differ.

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  • Surferess, on 06/13/2008, -1/+5I just don't know what to think of McCain these days. He appears to not be who I thought he was.
  • TonyStark, on 06/13/2008, -1/+3This is an ongoing lack of understanding that anyone with a good grasp of how to research his statements can fact check him - he is out of touch - regardless of his age.
  • inactive, on 06/13/2008, -1/+3So: intentional lies, or the ravages of age on his tiny right wing brain?
  • Sogui, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Get off Digg, read TIME or CNN and watch the videos of the speeches of candidates yourself.

    If you're an independent thinker, make your own judgment, because Digg's front page is currently the far far left version of Fox News. No credibility, no accountability, just post the most sensationalist blog you can find about McCain and it will hit the front page! Does the blog twist the facts? Perfect! Does it take things out of context? Great!

    I'm convinced that Digg is currently loaded down with far too many kids who form their political opinions from Youtube videos and blogs.
  • Sogui, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1God forbid one of these liberal blog sites actually includes his entire answer to the question:

    "I am not for quote 'privatization of Social Security.' I never have been, never will be. That is a great buzzword for an attack," McCain shot back.

    "Workers should have the right to put their own taxes, their own money into an account. If they don't want to, don't do it."

    Think Progress of course (and Digg) took this very literally and assumed that McCain was flip-flopping on his position. While McCain was simply questioning the lingo since technically "privatizing" Social Security is actually completely voluntary and gives you a choice to invest in things like Treasury Bonds instead of a stock market fund.

    McCain is simply resisting the whitewash term "privatization", not fighting the claim that he supports to option for worker's to open their own social security accounts.
  • Rabbittt, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1McCain isn't the problem; people who would vote for the SOB are the problem..

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