Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Heritage Foundation's Beach Beaches Himself WRT Social Security
Last week, the Minneapolis StarTribune ran an editorial describing Bush's using debunked Heritage Foundation-crafted statistics to lie about Social Security. Of course, the Heritage Foundation wouldn't take this lying (or telling the truth) down. In the 01/25/2005 edition of the Strib, the Heritage Foundation's William Beach is given space for a response. His response cites unnamed studies that he says "debunk" the Social Security and GAO studies that were in the Strib's editorial. Well, after spending the bulk of the evening on the 'Net, I can tell you that I haven't been able to find these studies Beach cites. There is no clue if these studies actually exist, much less whether they have gone through peer review or show what Beach claims they do. The SSA and GAO studies cited by the Strib, on the other, most definitely exist, and Beach admits as much. Score for those playing at home: Strib 2, Heritage Foundation 0.
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