Thursday, April 05, 2007

Will Soc. Sec. privatization come around again?

Yahoo News National Committee Reacts to Recess Appointment of Andrew Biggs to Social Security Administration
WASHINGTON, April 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Clearly, President Bush knows no bounds when it comes to his obstinate pursuit of Social Security private accounts. The announcement of the recess appointment of privatization crusader Andrew Biggs as Deputy Commissioner of Social Security demonstrates that this President will flex any muscle and employ any strategy to put forward his ill-conceived plan to privatize Social Security," said Barbara B. Kennelly, President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.

Link to the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

Bush appoints Biggs to Social Security post
Private-accounts advocate named over Democratic objections
By William L. Watts, MarketWatch