[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 2 (Thursday, January 6, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H82]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ROBBING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, this morning we learned the White House 
wants to not only privatize Social Security but also wants to cut 
retirees' benefits. Privatization takes money from retirees on Main 
Street and gives it to the Enrons of Wall Street. Will Wall Street care 
about what happens to precious Social Security funds when more than 
half of the private pension funds in the U.S. are already insolvent and 
cut Social Security benefits?
  No one is cutting the cost of food, rent, electricity, gas, oil or 
property taxes.
  There is a solution. Keep the Wall Street/White House hands off. Do 
not privatize Social Security. Do not cut Social Security benefits. 
Social Security is rock solid through the year 2042. The crisis is the 
attempted theft of retirees' benefits.
  Mr. Speaker, call the cops. The American people are being robbed.

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