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March 08, 2005

Which One Is The Made-Up Joke?

1. Check out this inaugural post on a new site, Cunning Realist. (Via Josh Marshall.)

The site's anonymous author describes himself (well, he/she sounds like a he) as:

...in my late 30's, a resident of New York City, and the founder and president of a Manhattan-based asset management firm. I have a BA from a top-ten university and an Ivy League MBA. I'm a lifelong conservative with a strong independent streak.

He has some first-hand impressions on the actual reasons Wall Street supports Social Security privatization. Here's one quote from an investment banker: "I want that dumb public money coming across my desk."

2. Deanna Swift of the Swift Report went on a listening tour of the richest parts of Florida and learned that everyone thinks privatizing Social Security is the most excellent idea ever!!!

Posted at March 8, 2005 09:13 PM | TrackBack
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