SmithAntics

Regarding the Bush Evil Empire campaign to destroy Social Security (dismantle the entire public realm, really):

Obviously, I don’t have the knowledge to talk nuts and bolts about this thing. I direct you to the eminently qualified economist Paul Krugman for that.

In fact, just consult any respectable economist (i.e., one not on the administration payroll) to determine whether Social Security is in danger of going under.

Be aware, however, that BushCo is rolling out an Iraq-has-WMD-scale campaign to sell the American public the lie that Social Security is going to go “flat bust” if we don’t allow them to “fix” it.

But, guess what? They are lying. I know...hard to believe.

Social Security will be solvent for decades, and, with minor modifications, can remain solvent forever.

Period.

But you know their MO: they repeat, repeat, and repeat again flat out lies until they become “reality.” And it works!

This is precisely what we can expect in the coming days, weeks, months regarding the Social Security “crisis.”

This campaign of deception will employ the awesome financial muscle of Wall Street and the loud and effective bullhorn that is the public relations industry.

The former stands to make trillions of dollars on fund management fees (this is the driving force behind the push for privatization).

The latter, the PR industry, is a multi-billion-dollar propaganda arm of right wing state-corporate power (if that sounds ominously conspiratorial to you, I direct you another distinguished scholar).

The PR firms are collecting atronomical, tax-payer-subsidized fees to hawk the fake crisis. Believe it.

And, of course, the mass media will be on board.

An army of administration shills (television, radio, and print) will be employed to drum into our consciousness the impending collapse of the most successful social program in history.

And the imbecile-in-chief will use the bully pulpit to advocate for his Wall Street benefators. God, it's so fucking obvious.

So, please...

Do not allow them to turn this into a “debate.” There is no debate.

Don't be lured into this hall of mirrors.

The liars are lying again. And they have major media firepower—again.

Educate the numbskulls in your life who are susceptible to BushCo lies.

Tell them to consider the source.

Christ, here we go again.