Reply #16: More news that the MSM has glossedright over about Bush's... [View All]

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...cross-country campaign to sell privatiztion of social security:

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Bush's Social Security mess
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.

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By Joe Conason

March 5, 2005 |

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.

The findings of the latest national opinion surveys are unanimously and stunningly negative regarding the Bush plan. Worse still, from the president’s perspective, is that the more people learn about his plan, the more inclined they are to reject it.

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<link> http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/03/05/social_security/index_np.html