At 10:28 PM 1/13/2005 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: >"The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, >including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services >in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned." > >If the [Social Security] Trust Fund should ever have trouble collecting on >that asset... some citizens' organization should file suit under this >provision to... reaffirm the validity of the Federal Government's >obligation to the [Social Security] Trust Fund.
I doubt they would have standing. After all, this is about a debt that the Federal Government owes to itself. >My view: Why wait? Expel Wayne Allard from the Senate immediately for this >gross violation of his oath of office. I also question whether or not a debt of the US Government to itself constitutes a "public debt." JDG - Can we make other problems go away by electing Republicans, just like the Social Security problem went away, Maru? _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
