On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:49:27 -0800, Larry Blanchard wrote:

The economics professor quoted in the article is of the opinion
that the "crisis" has been manufactured by the mutual funds and
other investment types to tout privatizing of Social Security.
That's a big pile of money they'd love to get their hands on.

The easiest way to find out is to google on "+trust +funds".

The first entry I got was:

http://mwhodges.home.att.net/cur-yea...cit-trusts.htm

You can find many more with the same basic analysis, and if after
considering the info, you don't think there's a problem, I can't help it.

BTW, you will also discover the vaunted budget surplusses of the previous
administration were pure fiction.

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-Doug