Glenn Greenwald writes to me:
As all college life cycle charts from the biology department will show that human life begins with a fertilized egg; you are saying that the female, under our constitution, is authorized to commit murder. I think not.
Let the people vote on the matter.
As a practical matter; it seems unlikely that abortion will be illegal in any state if the people get to decide, but even if that is so the woman can go to a state where it is legal to have the murder committed.
Point 2) As one of those "old people" getting close to Social Security age, I have listened to Ron Paul's message on how to unwind Social Security and there was never any mention of just letting those already on benefits keep those benefits. That is something that you know also and you surprise me to use such a debate tactic. Beneath you.
Ron Paul:
Q: Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme?
PAUL: Well, I agree that Social
Security is broke. We spent all the money and it's on its last legs
unless we do something. One bill that I had in Congress --never got
passed--was to prevent the
Congress from spending any of that money on the wars and all the
nonsense that we do around the world. Now the other thing that I would
like to see done is a transition. I think it's terrible that the
Social Security system has the problems it has, but if people wouldn't
have spent the money we would be OK.
Now, what I would like to do is to allow all the young people to get out
of Social Security and go on their own. Now, the big question is, is
how would the funding occur?
Source: 2011 GOP Tea Party debate in Tampa FL
, Sep 12, 2011
Abolish Social Security, but not overnight
Q: Are you still in favor of abolishing Social Security?A: Yes, but
not overnight. As a matter of fact, my program’s the only one that is
going to be able to take care of the elderly. I’d like to get the young
people out of it, just the younger
generation, because there’s no money there, and they’re going to have to
pay 50 years and they’re not going to get anything. I’d take care of
all the elderly, all those who are dependent, but I would save the money
from this wild spending overseas.
Source: 2008 GOP debate in Boca Raton Florida
, Jan 24, 2008
Let people get out of Social Security; it’s a failure
Right now they’re getting behind because they’re having a 10% to 12%
inflation rate and we give them a 2% increase, and they’re really
hurting. I don’t want taxes on the Social Security benefits that they
receive. I have a bill in that would secure the
trust fund, where none of that money could be spent in the general
revenues. So in many ways, the goal would be to get us out of this
program that is a failure. It doesn’t work, and is going to bankrupt
this country. The only way you can do that is save
enough money, tide the people over, let the young people get out,
because they’re going to be paying all these years and they’re not going
to get anything. I probably have the only program that would really
help the elderly because the money’s not going
to be there. There’s no way these cost-of-living increases are ever
going to keep up with their benefits are never going to keep up with
their cost of living. They’re decreasing. My program has a better chance
of helping them than any other one.
Source: 2008 GOP debate in Boca Raton Florida
, Jan 24, 2008
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Let us respond:
Point 1) Constitutional rights are those spelled out in the constitution; but there does not seem to be a right for a woman to kill her child in the womb. One can read it over and over and there just is not such a right. Much like the constitution once saw a black man as the equal to a mule; someday the public will realize this is question for the people to decide.