Bush's Social Security Plan: " Pig in Makeup " ?
Bush's Social Security Mess
By Joe Conason
Salon.com
Saturday 05 March 2005
President Bush is smearing lipstick on his Social Security pig, but the public still isn't buying it. Now it's time for Democrats to step up with their own plan.
The Bush administration's historic assault on Social Security is stalling, as voters learn more about the costs of the president's privatization proposal and the drastic benefit cuts that would inevitably accompany such a radical change. Republicans in the Senate and House are openly skeptical of passing any legislation that resembles the president's scheme, while Democrats have remained unusually united in opposition.
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