Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
Where does Dixie get the gall to say things were done "your way" when every social program was picked apart and opposed from day one and are still being opposed. SS, for example. He and others talk about diluting and/or privatizing SS when SS was private since the beginning of time! It's because private didn't work that the government had to step in.
It's no wonder Obama told the Repubs not to come to the table with tired, worn out ideas. Everything was private before the government took it over. Some folks talk as if programs have always been government run and say, "Let's try to privatize part of it. Let's let free enterprise look after part or all of it, whatever "it" may be. It's like they have no knowledge of history.
Private, free enterprise, capitalism, left to ones own devices....whatever term they want to use....had literally thousands of years to come up with something and it failed miserably but they keep on repeating it.
What's amazing is he level of denial by dupes like Dixie....if SocSec were indeed privatized in the last few years like they advocate, then all the savings for retirement (and indeed their financial future)would have been pissed down the drain in the recent financial scandals and screw-ups! But rather than admit such, they'll concoct all types of fantastic scenarios to avoid this simple fact.