This is exactly right
Josh Marshall quotes a reader on Social Security.
There are $1.8 trilliion in U.S. Treasury securities in the U.S. Social Security Trust Fund. It is imperative that the Democrats ask Bush whether he intends to honor that obligations and force him to make a public proclamation of his steadfast commitment to do so. The Democrats must take the lead in committing themselves to honor those obligations.
Democrats should seize this opportunity at once, and every one of them stand forth and guarantee they will honor those financial commitments, and will not vote for any bill that puts those commitments at risk. That’s the least they owe those of us who paid for the damn things, and it would be a smart political move to boot.