Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Linda McMahon wants a 'sunset provision' for Social Security

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In little-noticed remarks at a Tea Party town hall meeting earlier this year, Republican Connecticut Senate candidate Linda McMahon proposed introducing a "sunset provision" into the Social Security Act. [...]

Speaking before a group of Tea Party supporters in Waterford, Conn. on April 20, however, McMahon said she would consider making major changes to Social Security, from raising the retirement age to means-testing benefits. She also proposed introducing a "sunset provision"'the legislative term for putting an expiration date on a law unless it is renewed. [...]

At the April Tea Party gathering, McMahon said in response to a question about how to "strengthen" Social Security and Medicare that "we cannot continue doing things the way we are doing with Social Security. We're just simply going to be bankrupt."

The candidate later continued, "In other words, I believe in sunset provisions when we pass this kind of legislation, so that you take a look at it 10, 15 years down the road to make sure that it's still going to fund itself. Social Security will run out of money if we continue to do what we're doing, if we rob the trust fund, if we think that there's any money there."

A sunset... for Social Security. Holy smokes. And oh man. Check out McMahon's Clintonian response:

"She didn't mean sunset in terms of what most people typically think of a sunset provision of a bill," said Todd Abrajano, her communication director.

Good luck with that one! While we're at it, it turns out that McMahon has even more of a history of late tax payments than we previously realized:

For the second time in less than a week, a review of municipal records by The Courant show that McMahon also failed to pay her property taxes on time. She paid the property taxes on her Greenwich home late four times since 1984 and was assessed close to $2,000 in interest and penalties. This comes a few days after news that McMahon was six weeks late this month paying taxes on a Stamford condo she owns with her husband Vince.

But wait, there's more!

Also Wednesday, The Day obtained municipal records that show McMahon was once six-months late in paying the second half of her 2002 property taxes on a $1.9 million gated townhouse in Greenwich that she bought for her mother. McMahon paid the unit's $14,510 tax bill in full in January 2003, including $723 in accrued interest.

Yeah, I think when it comes to timely payment of debts, Linda McMahon really needs stop her jawing. And about Social Security, too. Actually, she probably should just avoid talking altogether. Wait, no, am I crazy? Keep it up, Linda! We love you!