Democrat House Members Say Social Security Has Changed Strategy to Match B

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http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/SocialSecurity/5-02-28DemocratsSay.htm

Feb. 28, 2005 – A group of Democrat House members, led by the party’s House leader Nancy Pelosi, released a report today that they say shows how the Social Security Administration has modified its communications strategy to undermine public confidence in Social Security.

An example they presented was "The Future of Social Security" booklet -- which used to begin: "Will Social Security be there for you? Absolutely." It now begins: "Social Security must change."

The report, based on a review of over 4,000 pages of Social Security documents from 1995 to 2005, reveals that the agency has systematically altered agency publications, press releases, PowerPoint presentations, website content, and even its annual statements to foster the impression that Social Security is "unsustainable" and "must change," they say in a news release.

The agency's new pessimistic tone and emphasis echo President Bush's warnings about the future of Social Security, it added.

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[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Someone, somewhere, ordered those changes.

Is there any way to track down who did the re-writes? Who ordered them done? Who reviewed and passed them for publication?

Could the GAO look into this? Was the SS bureaucracy deliberately taking a partisan position, based on the Republican majority in congress?

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2. Better yet.....

...why wasn't this posted to the LBN ? GD-Politics? I thought this was very interesting, especially naming House Dem names. However, nowhere in the MSM is this being discussed, mentioned, challenged...oy.

Or did our Senior friends make this all up? Well, considering the web source, felt safer posting it here.

P.S. I'm a member of the AARP <wink>

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3. There were articles in LBN couple months ago that SS employees were

being forced to spew admin talking points, and of course those who didn't were being purged or shuttled off to the side. I remeber the threads, but don't have any bookmarked.

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4. My article was dated today.....

so it seems like the Gray Panthers want to keep it alive :) While this was just another liberal website, but dated today?

Now I'm more upset, the MSM is burying all this? Or our Dem leaders are rolling over on their backs again?

Oh the questions we ask, huh?