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Zanzi Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 02:48 PM
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Billionaires For Bush Auction Social Security on eBay
Nice....

America's Most Revered Institution on the Block Monday, March 21st until Monday, March 28th

Billionaires! We have fantastic news. We're bringing our auction of Social Security to eBay!

Frustrated by President Bush's failure to convince the American public to disregard their best interests in support of Wall Street, we at Billionaires For Bush have taken matters into our own hands. We're bypassing the uncooperative House and Senate and will sell the federal program on eBay to the first privately-held brokerage firm that can meet our reserve.

Why spend millions lobbying for Social Security privatization when you can bid on the Government's most popular program from the privacy of your own mansion?

The corporate profits of a privatized Social Security can be had with the click of a mouse! Visit our auction page on eBay, then fwd this invitation to bid on to only every good ol' boy in your extensive private network.

Click here to see our eBay auction!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5567661291

Should eBay stand up for the American People and pull our auction early, you can still follow the action here: http://billionairesforbush.com/ebay.php

All serious bidders will enjoy increased access to Congress and special favors from the White House. Have no fear - we'll make sure that Social Security doesn't get in the wrong hands. The auction makes clear that "Employees of the government, their families, and any American who actually needs Social Security (or will one day in the future) are not eligible to bid. But, don't worry!! Ordinary Americans will remain eligible to pay our brokerage houses to manage their private accounts."

Paving the way for the elite to secure private ownership of America's Public Trust, this auction continues B4B's campaign for unchecked corporate power. For updated information on all our campaigns, please visit our website. http://www.BillionairesForBush.com

This ambitious effort to sell off Social Security coincides with our upcoming April Fools' Ball on March 31 at Crobar in New York. We're so pleased with President Bush's scheme to fool the American public that we'll celebrate in style with the winner of the auction. That's right: The winner who meets and pays the reserve will get an all-expenses-paid (not that they'll need it!) trip to New York to party with the Billionaires. Who says we don't look out for our kind?
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 02:53 PM
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1. Hysterical - don't miss this link
http://www.billionairesforbush.com/photos.php

I followed their link to the Billionaires for Bush site and the photos page - GREAT!


(I hope EBAY doesn't shut this down.)
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Zanzi Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 02:55 PM
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2. eBay...
It's been up for TWO days now, AND it's a huge bid! Somebody over there at eBay likes them!
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pbartch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 03:53 PM
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7. IT IS GONE!!!!! EBAY GOT RID OF IT
Invalid Item
This listing (5567661291) has been removed by eBay or is no longer available. Please make sure that you've entered the item number correctly.
If the item was removed by eBay, please consider this transaction canceled. If anybody contacts you to complete the sale, please ignore the request. Completing the sale outside of eBay may be unsafe and will not be covered by eBay purchase protection programs.

Items that ended more than 90 days ago are no longer accessible through the eBay system.
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thecrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 02:58 PM
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3. I hope ebay doesn't charge them the usual seller's fees!!!!!
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 02:59 PM
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4. That ain't all that's on eBay!




Don't bother bidding though. It's been pulled already. Er, no pun intended :evilgrin:
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 05:32 PM
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9. I downloaded the page
Just PM or e-mail me if you want a copy. OK?
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 03:09 PM
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5. These people are so brilliant! We've definitely got the talent on our side
Also the Yes Men. Awesome people.
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Zanzi Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 03:17 PM
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6. I went back to look... the user comments are hysterical as well!
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 04:07 PM
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8. I know! They are so good I wondered if they were written by the
Billionaires themselves as part of the package.
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