The most fatuous argument for privatizing Social Security

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The most fatuous argument for privatizing Social Security.
By Daniel Gross
Posted Monday, March 21, 2005, at 11:30 AM PT

The arguments for privatizing Social Security are growing more fatuous by the day. Will Saletan last week flagged President Bush's odd pitch to Hispanics and African-Americans. An even odder—and more telling—non-argument has just been put forth by the man who was until recently President Bush's top economic adviser, N. Gregory Mankiw.