Cato: You Missed A Spot This wasn't mentioned in the latest bit, but I also noticed that the graphics at the top display different text relevant to the various sections of the page when you put your mouse cursor over them. The text includes sentences like:
"See how much you could benefit from privatization" "What does privatization mean for women in America?" "The working poor could be the biggest beneficiaries of privatization ." and of course... "How will Social Security privatization affect the economy?" It looks like they've tried to scrub all of the "privatization" references on the site in a hurry, and just changed the body text. Does that make them lazy liars? Chris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear MWO: Looking at the Cato Institute's webpage on the Project on Social Security Choice, the page title isn't' the only place where the dreaded "P" word surfaces. On the left side of the page is a link to a page called "FAQs About Privatization." On that page, there are links to other Cato Institute articles with the following titles: "In Us We Trust: Take the System Private" "Dismantling the Pyramid: The Why and How of Privatizing Social Security" "The Working Poor and Social Security Privatization" "Privatizing Social Security: A Big Boost for the Poor" "Empowering Workers: The Privatization of Social Security in Chile" "Privatizing Social Security: the $10 Trillion Opportunity" "Social Security: Partial Privatization is Not Enough" "A Plan for Privatizing Social Security" "The Benefits of Social Security Privatization for Women" "Union Workers Should Support Social Security Privatization" "Social Security Privatization and Economic Growth" Looks like their website managers have some more cleaning to do. Todd Tennis Lansing, MI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Readers Expose Still More Cato Privates Dear MWO, The Cato Institute further reveals its sorry, repugnant attempt at hiding its doublespeak along the left column of the social security privatization website (http://socialsecurity.org/about.html). Notice the link to :FAQs About Privatization." Oops. Fool me... can't get fooled again. Your news website is among the best, and I enjoy reading it (as much as observing the collapse of America can be). Keep up the good work! R Galant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MWO, Not just the title of the page, but the 'keywords' section of the HTML has the following phrases: social security privatization privatize privatizing and the bizarre: counterintelligence Bruce Lokeinsky "Programmer, hack thyself." John Walker, 'The Hacker's Diet' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here a great page with a news letter called "The Cato Project on Social Security Privatization" Lead Article: "Dismantling the Pyramid: The Why and How of Privatizing Social Security" http://socialsecurity.org/pubs/ssps/ssp1es.html This has got to be doubleplusungood for the Cato Institute. Patrick Murdock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: arentschler To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: privatization I thought I'd let you know that even though you changed the title of your privatization page, the header on the top of my browser still says the word "privatization." you definitely want to change both the headline and the header, or it might seem really obvious that you're trying to cover something up. We wouldn't want those stupid libruls to actually figure out what we're doing over here! Karl rove would be very disappointed if he knew about this. A Rentschler -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cato's Meta Tags Where's "Social Security Choice"? From SocialSecurity.org's html: <meta name="keywords" content="social security reform, pension investments, retirement, old age benefits, entitlements, investment, social security privatization, pyramid benefits, OASI, SSA, payroll taxes, pensions, trust fund, taxes, financial calculator, Congressional testimony, Cato Institute, policy analysis, government studies, personal retirement accounts, freedom, think-tank, Fiscal Analysis, Economic Liberty, monetary, privatize, Cato Journal, Regulation magazine, publications library, political intelligence, counterintelligence, Capitol Hill, politics, federal budget, briefing papers, balanced budget, tax reform, legislative proposals, privatizing, SSI program, OASDI, Jos� Pi�era, Michael Tanner, The Economist, actuarial estimates, Public Opinion Strategies, Senate Budget Committee, retirees, global pension crisis, Cato's Social Security Privatization Project, Libertarian, US Government, United States, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Medicare, money"> <meta name="description" content="By 2012, Social Security will pay out more in benefits than it collects in revenues. Read about privatization and benefits of moving current Social Security systems capital into private pension funds."> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video: The Daily Show: Fool Me.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Joe Conason's Journal: The Cato file Another reader kindly introduced me to the fantastic "Wayback Machine " -- through which anyone can access the old Cato Institute "Project on Social Security Privatization," since renamed in utter conformity with the Republican Party line. Wasn't Cato �- not the Institute but the ancient Roman whose name they use -� renowned for his honesty? The clumsy cover-up attempt gets even funnier. If you go to Cato's http://socialsecurity.org/about.html now, the text says "About the Project on Social Security Choice," but the page title - at the top of the screen, or in properties, depending on what browser you are using, still says "About the Project on Social Security Privatization." You GOP liars are slipping! From media whores online and media whore extraordinaire,declan McCATOhead.
