We need Dr. Dean to help us find a voice on SS

[Orlandodem]

piratization. He can frame issues well and would ignite the base. Does anyone know what he has said on this issue?

[MoJoWorkin]

1. here is one source I found

http://www.issues2000.org/2004/Howard_Dean_Social_Security.htm

I went back to archives on the old Dean for America site, but no longer there on specific issues. I am looking for more sources, but I know he is strongly with NO PIRATIZTION

[mandyky]

2. He recently wrote an article on SS

Check democracyforamerica.com, I think they have it there.

Hmm, I just checked and couldn't find it - it was an article he wrote for Yubanet, maybe check their archives.

[mandyky]

4. Here's the link to Dean's SS article

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_17623.shtml

[JaneQPublic]

3. Here's one quote from Dr. Dean on SS:

http://selectsmart.com/president/Dean.html

Dean criticized the idea of allowing private individuals to invest their Social Security savings in the stock market. "Allowing individuals to invest money in the stock market is foolish," he said. "Social Security is not a retirement program; it is a safety net for people so they don't starve." Dean linked the tax cuts to homeland security, saying, "The enormous tax cuts are not only undercutting Medicaid and Social Security, Mr. President. The enormous tax cuts that you have passed are actually undercutting our ability to defend ourselves."