Kendrick Meek: “We think it is funny, maybe some others may think it is funny. They say if you do not like what you are doing and you…”

“We think it is funny, maybe some others may think it is funny. They say if you do not like what you are doing and you cannot talk with a little humor now and then, you will worry about things you do not need to worry about 24 hours a day. I can say it was great hearing the gentleman talk about the deficit, hearing the gentleman talk about the Social Security privatization plan or blueprint or philosophy that the President says he has. But I can tell you this, that I am very concerned. We know in the past whenever we have approached a national program that is a part of the fiber of our country, that the administration and the majority side, there is always a smokescreen there. The numbers are not exactly what they say they are. So since the President last Thursday night talked a little bit about his blueprint and his philosophy, I do not know if I can take that for being the accurate plan that the Social Security, that the President has for his Social Security plan. And I know there are some people on the Hill that are running around sharing some of those numbers and saying how we are going to save Social Security. And I can tell you there is more to saving Social Security than privatization. And private accounts and privatization of Social Security is the backbone of the President's philosophy or plan.…”