I don't follow polls--unless Frank Luntz comes in and tells me that the word I've been using for Social Security phase-out "privatization" makes it sound like the Wall Street giveaway it is and scares the bejesus out of everyone over the age of 10. Then I call it "personal accounts."

Funny how words come in and out... I remember how everyone was using "salacious" in every other sentence in the Lewinsky debacle.

I sorta like that word: salacious!

Isn't it time for them to remove the commie "Social" from the program? They're already removing the "Security" part.

"Phase out" is not accurate because it implies the whole program is going to be eliminated.

"Privatization" is misleading because it implies that the entire program will be "privatized."

I prefer partial privatization and or personal growth accounts. Call it what you want, but it's too late to stop the reform that is going to increase the size of the investor class, much to white liberals' consternation.

update: it's "individual investment accounts" now. update your dictionaries!

legal fiction puts it best:

"It's really a bad sign when every focus-group-tested frame you come up with for your program ends up developing a negative connotation."