Does that answer your question?

Tom Kean Jr. tells The Star-Ledger that he opposes privitization of Social Security, responding to Democratic attacks that he backs the president’s plan for private accounts.

They pointed out the state Senator voted against a state Senate resolution opposing the Bush plan, saying it would drive “millions of Americans into poverty” while “destroying the most successful social insurance program ever created in the United States.”

Kean told the Ledger that

the resolution was nothing more than a “partisan attack” and that the state Senate should have been more concerned with dealing with state issues it has control over, such as New Jersey’s troubled pension system. If elected to the U.S. Senate, Kean said, he would push for a bipartisan plan to strengthen Social Security.

What that bipartisan plan might be remains a mystery, of course.

Talking Points Memo, in this post, dissects the Kean story and the GOP strategy on Social Security more generally.

The upshot is that, while it might appear that Tom Kean Jr. has taken a position, what his position is remains unclear.

South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet