Why Does Dennis Hastert Hate The Social Security Administration?

Wow. That's a strong one!

Well, maybe now is the time to call and ask the Speaker of the House why this K Street lobbying firm has a retirement benefit calculator on the Social Security Administration's website that doesn't identify it as a non-government agency's website.

Josh Marshall at TPM had a post just now that was too good not to follow up on. Says Josh:

"Check out this page socialsecurity.gov, go to the bottom of this page and click the button entitled 'retirement income calculator.'"

Here's the whois data on the outfit that registered the site that owns the link:

Domain Name:CHOOSETOSAVE.ORG
Created On:10-Feb-1998 05:00:00 UTC
Last Updated On:04-Sep-2005 15:28:45 UTC
Expiration Date:09-Feb-2008 05:00:00 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Network Solutions LLC (R63-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:26229498-NSI
Registrant Name:Employee Benefit Research Institute
Registrant Organization:Employee Benefit Research Institute
Registrant Street1:2121 K Street, NW
Registrant Street2:Suite 600
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Washington
Registrant State/Province:DC
Registrant Postal Code:20037
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.1800242073
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:+1.2027756312
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:lopilatod@LAN2WAN.COM
Admin ID:22326966-NSI
Admin Name:Paul Fronstin
Admin Organization:Employee Benefit Research Institute
Admin Street1:2121 K Street, NW
Admin Street2:Suite 600
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Washington
Admin State/Province:DC
Admin Postal Code:20037
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.2026590670
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:+1.2027756312
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:fronstin@EBRI.ORG
Tech ID:22326966-NSI
Tech Name:Paul Fronstin
Tech Organization:Employee Benefit Research Institute
Tech Street1:2121 K Street, NW
Tech Street2:Suite 600
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Washington
Tech State/Province:DC
Tech Postal Code:20037
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.2026590670
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:+1.2027756312
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:fronstin@EBRI.ORG
Name Server:NS71.WORLDNIC.COM
Name Server:NS72.WORLDNIC.COM

If you think your Social Security is even moderately safe when Dennis Hastert is Speaker of the House, think again.

Those who know Denny know that he has never been for Social Security, and has wanted to either eliminate or privatize it for years.

Call the Speaker's office and ask "What gives?"

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