FR spins up some doozies. From the preppers who are excitedly waiting on the world to end, to the FReepers who think that the Bilderbergs used chem-trails to get Obama re-elected in 2012 ... we manage to come up with some whoppers.
But, this particular one is likely. Combines the collective greed of pols with the collective stupidity of the population.
PS./ I made up that thing about the Bilderbergs. But somewhere, a FReeper is reading what I just wrote and yelling "AHA! SEE! I TOLD YOU!!" to no one in particular.
One possible combo I see: the federal government mandating 3% or similar percentage get saved for retirement by employers, then mandating the MyRa as the only safe option or being the only practical option for companies not big enough to maintain a 401K plan.
Then you get the feel good “we’re making people save for retirement!” with “new money for federal bonds”.