Kendrick Meek: “Let us talk about what we disagree on. We disagree on the privatization of Social Security. There is nothing wrong with…”

“Let us talk about what we disagree on. We disagree on the privatization of Social Security. There is nothing wrong with that. We disagree, Democrats, in our leadership, all the way down to the freshmen Member that just got here a couple of months ago. We disagree on increasing the deficit. We disagree on that. We disagree with the majority side. Democrats, we disagree with the majority side in this House on foreign nations acquiring more of our debt. We disagree on that. We disagree on Americans losing benefits under the flag of reforming Social Security. We disagree on that. People ask constantly, what is the difference between Democrats and Republicans? I am not one to generalize. And we said last week and I will say again this week, I commend my brave Members on the other side of the aisle, some Republicans, that are saying that I am not with you, Mr. President. I am not with you, majority side, on this whole philosophy of privatization of Social Security, and I commend them for that. I am glad that some Members went to go see the Wizard and picked up some courage and said that I am not going to do it. That is leadership. Leadership is saying not just because we can do it, we should. You do not do things just because you can. There are things that I can do, but I use restraint because it is the right thing to do on behalf of the greater good.…”