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Sen. Snowe questions Bush Social Security tactics
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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President Bush said Saturday that Social Security "is on the road to bankruptcy" and will be unable to pay promised benefits to future generations, raising the stakes in a major political battle with Democrats. (article 2)
Bush used his weekly radio address to try to build support for his plan to allow workers to divert part of their Social Security payroll taxes into private investment accounts. (article 2)
A key Senate Republican Sunday questioned both the president's proposal and strategy to reform Social Security, amounting to perhaps the most public GOP skepticism to date of the White House effort. (article 4)
Her stance is likely to be crucial for the fate of Bush's plans to overhaul the system with individual privatized accounts that some critics say would cost as much as $2 trillion to $3 trillion to fund. (article 4)
The chairman of the House tax-writing committee said Sunday that Bush's drive to overhaul Social Security should lead to consideration of a value added tax or other ways to fund the entitlement program. (article 3)
Mr. Burns says that the Social Security trust fund holds about $1.5 trillion of Treasury obligations and refers to these as " IOUs. (article 1)
Cody Gebhart , Dallas Ted Kennedy Re : " Rescuing Social Security - Youngest workers approve of Bush's plan Tuesday Editorials . (article 1)
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Story keywords
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Social, Security, Snowe, Bush, benefits |
Source articles
- News for Dallas, Texas (dallasnews.com, 01/22/2005, 1007 words)
- Social Security Debate Ratchets Up (CBS News, 01/23/2005, 677 words)
- Sex, Race And Social Security (CBS News, 01/23/2005, 611 words)
- Sen. Snowe questions Bush Social Security tactics (money.cnn.com, 01/23/2005, 707 words)
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