Yahoo! News - US Agency Prepares to Sound Social Security Alarm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Social Security Administration is set to publicize its financial problems and promote partial privatization of the government pension system as part of a solution, despite the objections of many agency employees, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

Agency internal documents include a "tactical plan" for making the case that Social Security is in serious trouble and requires immediate action, the Times said on its Web site.

Social Security officials say the agency is carrying out its mission to educate the public, including more than 47 million beneficiaries, and to support the privatization agenda of President Bush, the newspaper reported.

But many employees at the Social Security Administration have complained to agency officials of being dragged into a battle over the program's future.

They question the accuracy of recent statements by the agency and say that money from the Social Security trust fund should not be used for such advocacy, the Times said.

"Trust fund dollars should not be used to promote a political agenda," said Dana Duggins, a vice president of the Social Security Council of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents more than 50,000 of the agency's 64,000 workers and has opposed private accounts.

Brilliant. Use SS money to dismantle SS. I have to admit, these people are professional thieves. Seems like they are stealing to promote yet more stealing.

Bush insisted on Saturday that the retirement program was in peril and he had a moral responsibility to fix it.

"Saving Social Security is an economic challenge. But it is also a profound moral obligation," Bush said in his weekly radio address.

Oh God, there's that word again. Let's see if he can figure out a way to link this to the "terrorists", too.