WHITE HOUSE BLASTS WASH POST ON SOCIAL SECURITY CLAIM....

DRUDGE REPORT ^

[bamaborn]

I guess credibility is something the Washington Post prefers to do without. How many thousands of Americans were subjected to this load of ca-ca?

[Shermy]

The White House is seeking a correction from the Washington Post.

I'm seeking that the White House release its plan.

[anniegetyourgun]

Whoa....WH fighting back on this....no more Mr. niceguy.....not gonna let them get away with this anymore....

[ken5050]

WP will print the correction on page 47 tomorrow...BTW.tomorrow's paper has 46 pages..

[marty60]

Maybe they have figured out the lesson of Free Republic. We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore.

[Pikamax]

They "corrected" it online. of course, the correction screws up the entire article, but whatever.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59136-2005Feb2.html

Correction to This Article
An earlier version of this article incorrectly described how new private accounts would work under President Bushs Social Security plan. This article has been corrected.

[anniegetyourgun]

ROFL!

[Southack]

There's no downside to gentlemanly fighting back with these Corrupt Old Media types; the Left respects no civility.

[FreeRep]

Just my two cents, I’m for social security reform, we need to strengthen and modernize social security and minimize investment risk through diversification.

[demkicker]

I'm seeking that the White House release its plan.

You must have not been paying attention or didn't get to watch the President's speech last night. Bush has no intention of putting out specifics. He's put forth a general plan, and outline if you will, and wants input from Congress before they will collectively settle on the specifics.

[OldFriend]

Printed Saturday somewhere near the real estate ads?

[anniegetyourgun]

Me too. It's gonna take that kind of attitude given what the prez has decided to bite off. I feel like SS is a more difficult task than bringing democracy to Iraq. We have our own set of "foreign fighters" in this country....they're called Dems. Which reminds me.....did you see Nancy Pelosi pull the cord on her political suicide vest last night? Thankfully, she only took Harry Reid with her.

[glock rocks]

I’m for social security reform, we need to strengthen and modernize social security and minimize investment risk through diversification.

Hell, it would be a major improvement just to leave any money that comes in alone, instead of spending it.

[bamaborn]

The headline is still misleading!

\Participants Would Lose Some Profits From Accounts/

The story goes on to say:

\They should be able to recoup those lost benefits through their private accounts, as long as their investments realize a return greater than the 3 percent that the money would have made if it had stayed in the traditional plan./

So a correct headline would read:

\Participants Would Lose Some Profits From Accounts if return on accounts are less than 3%/

[onyx]

Good to see WH has had it with the lying press.

[Hank Rearden]

Just my two cents, I’m for social security reform, we need to strengthen and modernize social security and minimize investment risk through diversification.

Plus, we need to shut that Ponzi scheme down and jail anyone who proposes to keep such an illegal, illicit scam in operation.

[Trust but Verify]

I wonder where the WP got such an idea? Surely democrats wouldn't be behind this. Naw.

[Dog Gone]

o Those workers who do not elect to create a personal retirement account would continue to draw benefits from the traditional Social Security system, reformed to be permanently sustainable.

Which means that the traditional benefits will have to be reduced. I'm in favor of this. It will motivate more people to contribute to private account in anticipation of beating the guaranteed SS benefit.

[ncpatriot]

I heard the Senator from NJ (the one who wants to run for Governor) talk about claw back this morning on Fox and Friends. It sounded terrible.