The "start of a coordinated effort to build public support" to privatize Social Security "and pressure Congress to act" included a Washington DC town hall with the president [3] and six "carefully selected participants." One was a Seattle-area businessman who, after being contacted by the White House, got a call from the conservative lobbying group FreedomWorks [4], "offering to pay his expenses." FreedomWorks flew in 80 people [5], allowing Congress to "hear from average Americans, who understand that Social Security is in trouble." In New York, Treasury Secretary John Snow [6] visited "Wall Street securities firms to rally support," while the vice president [7], the Office of Management and Budget director [8] and the White House Council of Economic Advisers chair are readying Social Security speeches.