Kendrick Meek: “I would be concerned if we were by ourselves in the objection to privatization to the President's philosophy and some…”

“I would be concerned if we were by ourselves in the objection to privatization to the President's philosophy and some Members of the majority side. I would be very concerned, but I am not as concerned as I would be if we were wrong. There is times, folks say, well, you know, you have got to take it on the chin for the team. Let me tell you something. Social Security is no time to take it on the chin for the team because we have real people who are being affected by this, and I am glad the American Baptist Churches U.S.A. is on our side saying no to privatization, on the side of the Members that are willing to watch out for the American people that are counting on Social Security. When I started to talk about the fact that there is a 17-year old and 12-year old and someone that is 65 or 70 or 50 or 45 or 42 or 38, this is their issue, and the reason why it is their issue is that we as Americans believe in making sure that when we give our word that we keep it. There is nothing wrong with that. There is nothing wrong with keeping your word. There is nothing wrong with saying that this is wrong and we want to continue to head in the right direction. I am glad that we are not by ourselves, and I am glad that the Alliance for Retired Americans are out there doing the things that they are doing and having town hall meetings.…”