The Collegian Board of Opinion apparently believes that the federal government is doing a good job with our money. Otherwise they wouldn't have printed their specious argument against President Bush's Social Security reform plan ("Social Security issues will not be solved by individual investments," Feb. 7).

The current system diverts a portion of workers' earnings to the Social Security trust fund, which is in turn looted to pay for congressional pork barrel projects.

While not perfect, the core of the president's proposal returns some control of retirement investment to the people. How can anyone argue against such a concept?

Does the Collegian Board of Opinion simply believe that we are too stupid to manage our own finances?