Bush's "Enron" plan for social security

Subject: Bush's "Enron" plan for social security...

Howard Dean sure knows how to reframe an issue so the truth is simple to understand. Every time he speaks, he needs to mention "Bush", "privatization" and "Enron" in the same sentence. We all need to take his cue and make it a standard part of our vernacular, among us and to everyone outside of our circles.

You can't hide greed from its victims for very long. When we say" the Bush administration wants to take our social-security and invest it in companies like Enron," we remind those victims of their dilemma.

As for calling a spade a spade, this "Enron SS" frame is the absolute, refined and unadulterated truth. It is not just a simple framing. This new SS privatization plan sounds like a set-up to me, don't ever forget these Bushes were instrumental in Pioneer Savings, BCCI, Enron and other Bushmoney subterfuges, all of which victimized rank and file investors who did not have the family connections that told them to get out while the money was good.

We all need to start calling it the "Enron option" or "the Enron Plan" for social security, especially when we are engaged with a numbed-out bushie who would be a likely victim. Just ask them if they want to invest their Social Security money in Enron. Even better, always say "Bush's Enron plan for social security." If we all frame it as "Bush's Enron-style social security plan" every time we talk about it, we start bending the mutual psyche towards the evident truth this simple frame conveys.

We should follow Howard's cue and take the conversation to the streets with our own words, not theirs.

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