Alan Greenspan's Got a Plan
It's been a month now since Alan Greenspan sat down in front of an awed House Budget Committee, so it's long since become yesterday's news and what else is new? House and Senate committees are always awed by Alan. Part of it is they seldom understand what the hell he's talking about and take it for profundity.
Al's been around a while.
Anyway, in case you missed it in between flash news reports about Paris Hilton falling for this guy or off that horse, Alan peered through his bottle-glass spectacles and told the House and the world and whoever else happened to be listening that they better trash Social Security for the good of the country.
Talk about falling off a horse! But no one even walked over to nudge Social Security with a toe, see if it was hurt or maybe needed a cigarette. Just nods at the profundity of it all, just chins rested on steepled fingers, brows knitted in concentration as they took in the Guru's prescription. Or tried to take it in, but you know it's hard when he uses…