BUSH COMING TO PRESENT HIS SOCIAL SECURITY SCAM IN TAMPA

President Bush has his State of the Union address Wednesday, where he is expected to push his Social Security privitazation scam before the American people, then he goes on the road to spread the bulls**t across the country. Among his stops is Tampa before a hand-picked audience, according to this story in today's St. Petersburg Times. What did you think, that he would actually face the constituency, many of who have serious questions about this ill-advised plan?

Needless to say, the time and location for the event are not being released. While security will likely be touted as the reason, one has to believe that the POTUS doesn't want to be upstaged by the band of protesters who will undoubtedly show up to provide some reality to this attempt at administrative "three card monte".

Congressman Jim Davis (D - Tampa) says he is glad the President is coming to the area, but has doubts that there will be any open and honest debate considering it will not be a public event. He's got a point, because the POTUS does not want any real discussion regarding the issue of allowing younger workers to risk their futures in the stock market. After all, the mutual funds industry was a big supporter of Bush's reelection and therefore stands to profit most from this idea through the fees they would charge.

If you want to read something enlightening about the issue, check out this article from Rolling Stone magazine (And, if you bought the print copy like I did, Gwen Stefani's cover shot ain't bad to look at, either...). Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman discusses the "phony crisis" and provides a dose of reality to the discussion.