By Steve Rossiter ——Bio and Archives--July 26, 2025

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“The road to hell is paved with good intentions” ~ Old Proverb

While watching the July 23, 2025, Greg Gutfeld Show on the FOX News Channel, a discussion ensued about “well meaning Democrats.” As I watched and listened, it dawned on me that my father’s old traditional Democrat Party was built on good intentions and well-meaning ideas. That is not to say that all old Democrat politicians were always well-meaning with good intentions. The fact of the matter is some were crooks and even Harry S. Truman (D-MO) identified that reality.

What the Democrat politicians have been expert at since World War II is selling their Democrat followers on a false narrative that their intentions are always good and well-meaning. A great marketing ploy but, in reality, not so much.

The first big Democrat, well-meaning, good-intentioned effort was the Social Security Program, which was designed to help support people when they ultimately retired, never to exceed 1% of a person’s paycheck, and to be held in perpetuity in a special account, often referred to as a “lockbox.” In 2025, Social Security takes 6.5% of a person’s paycheck. Social Security payments are made for all kinds of purposes, even to people who have never contributed, and Congress broke into the lockbox and stole the funds in the 1970s. Social Security is a bankrupt, government run, Ponzi scheme with more money going........

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