The Butler did it; Newt does Social Security

Max Sawicky sawicky at epinet.org
Fri Jan 1 13:05:27 PST 1999



> . . .
> The goal of the group will be to pass legislation that will free up Social
> Security funds and allow individuals to invest their
> contributions into the
> open market, said Gingrich, who announced his resignation after
> Republicans
> lost five House seats in the November elections.
>

This is good news for opponents of privatization. Now we'll have a poster boy for the other side whom everybody hates.

old joke about Newt, probably recycled from earlier:

Newt: Why do people take an instant dislike to me? Bill: Because it saves time.

mbs



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