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nodictators Donating Member (977 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 07:46 PM
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6. They forgot to mention that Bush plans to wreck Social Security
He doesn't want to have to redeem those $1.7 trillion in bonds in the Trust Fund.

See also Krugman's latest:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/11/opinion/11krugman.html?oref=login&n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fPaul%20Krugman

The Iceberg Cometh
By PAUL KRUGMAN

Published: January 11, 2005

Last week someone leaked a memo written by Peter Wehner, an aide to Karl Rove, about how to sell Social Security privatization. The public, says Mr. Wehner, must be convinced that "the current system is heading for an iceberg."

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