Express Yourself!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff" size="3">The </font><a href="http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff" size="3">Committee on Government Reform</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#ffffff"> has recently issued a report called,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></font></font></font><a href="http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20050228105615-40334.pdf"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff" size="3">“Politicization of the Social Security Administration” </font></a><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff" size="3">in which concrete evidence is cited showing the transformation of the Social Security Administration <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>from an administrative body to a politicized body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Since the appointment by George W. Bush of </font><a href="http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/barnhart.htm"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff" size="3">Jo Anne Barnhart </font></a><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff" size="3">to the agency’s Commissioner, communication from the agency has dramatically changed in tone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The message has essentially shifted from, “Will Social Security be there for you? Absolutely!” in 2000 to “Social Security must change to meet future challenges” in 2004.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#ffffff"></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff" size="3"> </font></p><p><font color="#ffffff"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff" size="3">We need the Social Security Administration to carry out its objectives of administering Social Security benefits and not an arm of the Bush Administration propaganda machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>We have already seen the </font><a href="http://turing.plymouth.edu/~estiller/blog/archives/20050129.html"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff" size="3">Bush Administration bribing “journalists”</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff" size="3"> to support their point of view on issues ranging from “No Child Left Behind” to Bush’s marriage initiative. Enough is enough!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>No more propaganda!</font></p>

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