>Re "one thing about the stock market crashing -- it would spell a death
>knell to
>privatization of social security."
>
>That's what I surmised the other day, but Doug said the always wily
>establishment would force privatization on through to pump the market up
>again. I have no doubt about the wiles of the powers that be, but I
>think this would an impossibly tricky maneuver to pull off in the face
>of a great panic -- which indeed just might be on the horizon.
Well, Carl, you're the PR professional. Don't you think they could pull it off?
Doug