In a Newsweek article from this past week, there was an article written by Brooks Jackson about a speech that Presidential candidate Barack Obama gave on Saturday. Obama stated in Daytona Beach, FL., that "if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week." He then referred to and elderly woman at risk for poverty and said that families would have scramble to support their grandmothers and grandfathers. And that, in the words of John McCain, my friend, is simply not true not true. Yes, McCain supported the plan proposed by President Bush in 2005 that would have allowed anyone that wanted to invest their money in to a private account to be able to, but they would have all been covered by the same benefits that they are covered by now. Therefore, current retirees wouldn't be effected by the slump in the stock market. Obama is simply trying to scare seniors in to voting for him, and make them believe that John McCain wants to take their money away. Obama needs to get his facts straight, and stop using false scare tactics to try to gain votes.