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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (220292)	1/20/2002 11:33:05 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Gee Mike, I did not know you had met bonehead in austin or e.t. or kenny or ..... Well you did say "I once met a person who didn't understand when you wrote a check, money came out of your bank account." <DG> tom watson tosiwmee

To: greenspirit who wrote (220292)	1/20/2002 11:33:54 AM
From: calgal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Mike: "I reject the assumption that most people are ignorant and cannot handle their retirement money. We shouldn't dumb down the nation by making policies aligned to the least common denominator among us."

To: greenspirit who wrote (220292)	1/20/2002 1:16:14 PM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I hope you are right, but the story keeps repeating itself historically. There's alway's a new crop of people coming along to be burned. Maybe I've learned some lessons in life, but what about the folks coming up the rear who haven't figured it out yet? No protection for them. In light of all this, isn't it a great idea for people to manage their own retirement fund. People could look at the president and say hey, he's taking advice from a CEO of a big company to create a national energy policy, well, if the president thinks the exec's got good advice to give, maybe I'll buy some stock in the company for my retirement fund. Sounds good to me! Enron stock certificates make excellent toilet paper as well as doubling as a retirement stash.