In one of his early statements on the subject, Vice President Cheney
said publicly that they were "shopping the idea around" various Wall St
firms to see who would "be the most responsive." His exact words.


Dave Hall wrote:
But of course you've spun those words to imply something nefarious. It
could be that he meant that he was eliciting the opinions of those who
are in the business of investing as to how to best go about creating a
private account system.


Uh huh.

Just like he sees nothing wrong with using his office as Vice President
to steer U.S. foreign policy in ways that result in tremendous profits
for Halliburton, which he *still* has not given up his $100 million+
stake in.

And I guess you see nothing wrong with it, either.



So far you have failed to prove that the Bush administration is doing
anything other than what they are openly claiming.

Really? You think the Bush Administration (it's proper to capitalize
here BTW) is "openly claiming" that they are using private interest
groups to promote Bush's plan, spending $30 million+ to promote the plan
which Bush says "ought to stand on it's own"?

Get the facts, Dave.

DSK