Is this Open Letter Real ??

From American Progress Report
Oct. 7th, 2004

ECONOMY – PROFESSORS SEND OPEN LETTER:
One hundred sixty-nine tenured and emeriti business school professors from several of the nation's top universities have written an open letter documenting the drastic failure of President Bush's economic policies and asking for a "dramatic reorientation of fiscal policy, including substantial reversals" of tax policy. The letter, addressed to the president, begins, "Nearly every major economic indicator has deteriorated since you took office in January 2001… The data make clear that your policy of slashing taxes – primarily for those at the upper reaches of the income distribution – has not worked. The fiscal reversal that has taken place under your leadership is so extreme that it would have been unimaginable just a few years ago." Bush's second term economic proposals, the professors say, "only promise to exacerbate the crisis by further narrowing the federal revenue base."

Note: This letter is posted on a website that was started on Oct. 1st, 2004 and is registered to: Ellen Seidensticker, 43 Commonwealth Ave, Apt 3, Boston, MA, 02116, Phone: 1-617-728-2428. The only entry on the website is this particular "letter" no referrals, no documentation, etc. Unfortunately for the author, it looks and sounds like an "appeal to authority" logical construction.

There is an Ellen Seidensticker registered at this address, who is a Consultant at Harvard University. She is married to Lou Wells, a Georgia Tech Alumni with a speciality in Physics. While the letter may actually be approved by these 169 professors whose names are attached, it appears bogus.

Anyone have anything on this?