Professor Warren A Plagiarist?
As a former
Social Security Administration Manager and Analyst for over thirty-three years,
I, along with a former colleague, have devised a comprehensive, progressive Social
Security solvency plan which I call the B.E.S.T. Social Security Modernization
Plan. B.E.S.T. stands for Balanced,
Equitable, Solvent & Tested. Details
of the plan are located on a blog which I set up, starting on November 25, 2013,
in lieu of a web page or book. Start with the earliest posts to read the plan’s
details. Location: http://bestsocialsecuritymodplan.blogspot.com.
On two
occasions, I have personally handed Elizabeth Warren folders containing key
parts of what I call the BEST Mod Plan with bold typed covers asking to be able
to present details of the plan to Elizabeth and/or her qualified staff. The
first time was in North Adams, MA when she was running for the Senate; the
second time was on Monday, February 1, 2016 in Springfield, MA at a rally in
the Federal Building.
Despite my
efforts including a written follow up for which I received a mere canned
response, I have never heard from Professor/Senator Warren or her staff
regarding my Social Security Plan.
Recently reading
Senator Warren’s 2020 campaign web page section on her plans for Social
Security, I was surprised to find that it included two key features/concepts of
my plan: establishing a higher Social Security tax rate for higher wages above
a certain level, and requiring certain net investment incomes to be subject to paying
Social Security taxes on this income like
wages.
Other than
my plan, I have never read any other Social Security solvency plans which included
these two key progressive concepts. Given that I have repeatedly suggested adopting
these concepts to Senator Warren twice leads me to believe my ideas and
concepts could have or should have influenced her plan.
So, what is
my point? There are two scenarios: Either Senator Warren and staff never read
about my Social Security Plan despite my considerable efforts, or she and her staff
‘borrowed” from my plan without any acknowledgement whatsoever. If scenario one is true, do we want someone
to be president who totally ignores her constituents, even when they have
reasonable credentials? Scenario two is
indicative of a lack of personal integrity in failing to at minimum contact me
after I had twice submitted detailed Social Security Solvency plans to her and then
using my ideas.
The ball is
in Senator Warren’s court. Is she truly the best America has to offer? Or not?
