October 25, 2001
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:Can't you find someone who likes stepping in dog shit?
FAIR goes to great lengths to suggest that coverage of the social security debate has been biased. Their evidence? Most people quoted see some advantages in privatization. Well, you can believe that's bias, if you like. I think it's because most of us realize that the return on social security for most people, and certainly everybody under 45, sucks. You can buy an inflation-protected treasury instrument with the money and get double the return on top of the inflation protection. You know, I bet you'd have a hard time finding pundits or interviewees to say having a 16 acre hole in downtown Manhattan is a good thing. This is another example of "outcomes = proof of bias" reasoning.