It is not responsible leadership to deny future generations a chance to have a secure retirement - all for the purpose of frightening the greatest generation into believing that reform is their enemy. Pitting grandparents against grandchildren is the worst kind of old style politics. More importantly, it is a failure of leadership. There was a time when leaders spoke of passing the torch to a new generation of Americans. On Social Security, my opponent would pass the buck and the bill to the next generation of Americans- leaving trillions in debt to voters he will never face.
Education is a similar story.
My opponent talks about reform. And talks, and talks. During our debate, he claimed to support accountability. But unless you measure, unless you test every child, every year from third to eighth grade, reform is an illusion. The Vice President and the forces of the status quo find lots of excuses to avoid accountability.