> That's it: Heidi Hartmann, President of the IWPR. You
> interviewed her on
> March 16, 2000, on the same show as Greg Nowell on the politics of
> Caucasian oil (which I just happened to save because your
> studio copy got
> botched and Greg wanted a copy).
If this is the same group I'm thinking of, I talked with a spokeswoman several years ago, and was a little perplexed.
There seemed to be a division between professional women and women in general. I think it was the IWPR whose slant was the professional woman's interests.
> BTW, people interested in the SS privatization issue in
> general might want
> to have a look at their SS privatization calculator, which purports to
> calculate how much you would get under the current system and
> how much you
> would get under privatization, which is almost always a lot
> less. They
> seem to do good job of explaining their assumptions, and it
> might be just
> the thing for people involved in retirement newsgroup
> debates. Although I
> have to warn that I haven't combed through their assumptions
> myself and I
> don't know how far they stand up.
>
> http://www.iwpr.org/sscalc4/calculator.html
Thanks much! This will be VERY helpful. Those of us defending SS realize that the Cato calculator is full of shit, but we aren't expert enough to argue it. I'm looking forward to this counter calculator.
Let me know if there is anything questionable about its assumptions.
-- John K. Taber
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