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Wednesday, December 22, 2004

More Social Security Stupidity 
The Bush Administration is touting the Federal Thrift Savings Plan as the model for social security reform. And rightly so, in my view. It's a great, great program, with minimal costs.

But Treasury Secretary John Snow has come out on Fox News Sunday and argued that "these are going to be safe investment vehicles."

I wonder what would happen if a private stock fund company - even one specializing in index funds - came out and started touting its own mutual funds as "safe investment vehicles."

Well, scratch that. I know what would happen:

The Securities Exchange Commission and the NASD would have compliance lawyers all over their asses and fine the bejeezus out of them for making "promissory" statements with no basis in fact.

I'm all for reform. And yes, compared to, say, opening an unlimited brokerage window in the social security program - an option NOBODY is seriously proposing - the expected risk of any and all of the portfolio options, in the TSP, in terms of the expected variability of returns, is relatively low.

But let's not create the illusion that a small cap stock fund or an international stock fund - both of them options in the Federal Thrift Savings Plan - are "safe investment vehicles." That's just hypocritical and irresponsible.

Splash, out

Jason


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