MCCONNELL PUTS BUSH'S LEAD PRIVATIZER ON SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD

[JohnWxy]

"Treasury officials say that one of the two slots is required to be filled by a Republican and that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tapped Blahous, an assertion McConnell guy Don Stewart confirms."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/28/huffpost-hill-october-28t_n_775677.html

MCCONNELL PUTS BUSH'S LEAD PRIVATIZER ON SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD - HuffPost Hill's six eyebrows lifted up a bit when Tim Geithner swore in Charles Blahous and Robert Reischauer as Public Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds on Tuesday. Blahous is a former staffer to Alan "Social Security Is A Milk Cow With 310 Million Tits!" Simpson, was Bush's point man in his attempt to privatize Social Security and is now at the far-right Hudson Institute. Treasury officials say that one of the two slots is required to be filled by a Republican and that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tapped Blahous, an assertion McConnell guy Don Stewart confirms. The administration could have rejected the suggestion, but, said an official, it was considered a Senate matter, so it went along. Both nominees were approved as part of a pile of papers pushed through at the end of the Senate session. Blahous is a startling selection for a party that claims no longer to have any interest in privatizing Social Security.

[Angry Dragon]

1. And the demand for cat food will soon increase

[NV Whino]

2. May I recommend

Trader Joe's tuna.

[Angry Dragon]

3. They are a German company

so I try to avoid them

[NV Whino]

5. Dupe

[Autumn]

4. Looks like there is definitely an

interest in privatizing Social Security. How stupid is that.

[dgibby]

6. I would have expected no less from McConnell.

What disturbs me is that it was Obama that named Simpson.

[Autumn]

7. It also disturbs me that

they could have rejected McConnell's choice of Blahous, and chose not to.

[awoke_in_2003]

8. we must remain bipartisan...

while sticking it to the american public.

[glitch]

9. We expect that sort of shit from Republicans. nt