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Social Security: Help for the Poor or Help for All?
Apr. 30, 2005, by Andrews and Porter, the New York Times
For those of average income, about $36,500, instead of replacing 36 percent, as promised under today's system, benefits would cover only 26 percent of pay by 2075.
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Support for Privatizatoin Dwindles as Bush Tours
Apr. 26, 2005, by Bloomberg
An ABC News-Washington Post poll released yesterday showed that 64 percent of Americans now disapprove of his handling of Social Security, up from 56 percent in March.
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Grassley has doubts about Social Security plan's future
Mar. 25, 2005, by Associated Press, in the DesMoines Register
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, at the center of the fight over revising Social Security, said Friday that the odds are against Congress approving the proposal being pushed by President Bush.
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Medicare tougher than Social Security
Mar. 25, 2005, by Reuters, CNN story
The Medicare system, which provides health care to the elderly, faces more serious shortfalls in coming years than Social Security does and its problems are much harder to fix, a Treasury Department official said Friday.
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Support for private accounts sinks
Mar. 14, 2005, by Cbsmarketwatch
President Bush and top administration officials are in the midst of a 60-day blitz to convince the public that private investment accounts are part of the long-term solution to Social Security's funding woes.
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Back home, Social Security Status is Quo
Mar. 1, 2005, by Newsday
In Virginia's 11th congressional district, where the median income is highest in the nation, where people are most likely to benefit, there is no hint of support. Not even from Tom Davis, who has represented us since the 1994 Republican "revolution."
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Greenspan: Social Security not in 'crisis'
Feb. 17, 2005, by Sue Kirchhoff, USA Today
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday that Social Security is not in "crisis" as President Bush has declared, but emphasized that Congress must quickly address future funding problems in the program and far larger shortfalls in Medicare.
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