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Good economy, bad polls: Bush and the Republicans can't seem to catch a break.(THE NATION)
IT seems to happen every week: Some new piece of good economic news comes out, and Republicans sink a little deeper in the polls. In late April, it was estimated that the economy had grown by 4.8 percent during the first quarter of the year. A few days later, new jobs numbers came out. It turns out that 5.3 million jobs have been created since August 2003. The unemployment rate is 4.7 percent--well below the average of each of the last three decades. The stock market continued to rise, and looked likely to hit a record soon.
The public responded to all this good news by turning a little more against President Bush. In a mid-April poll by Gallup and USA Today, 36 ...
- WILL SOCIAL SECURITY EAT U.S. ECONOMY ALIVE?(L.A. LIFE)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) November 10, 1996 700+ words
...particularly Social Security pension checks...But to make the economy prosper, we must...will make the economy grow and prosper and, eventually, Social Security might become more...How to Rescue the Economy From Crushing Debt...budget, although Social Security ...
- Study claims Delaware economy would be hurt by Social Security privatization.
- Newspaper article from: Delaware State News (Dover, DE) April 14, 2005 700+ words
...on Delaware's economy, according to...United to Protect Social Security. President Bush...United to Protect Social Security. "Privatization...hurt the state's economy and hurt many senior...to Delaware's economy would be to resist reforms and cause Social ...
- Social security: hot summer sequel. (projected shortfall)(On the...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Dentzer, Susan July 8, 1996 700+ words
...on taxes paid into Social Security is falling; whereas...that is undermining Social Security's political support...in hopes that our economy would grow faster and...on taxes paid into Social Security by investing at least...
- Social Security Surplus Could Spur Economy; Undiverted Funds May Total $11...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Spencer Rich December 17, 1988 700+ words
...huge buildup of Social Security trust fund balances...windfall spurring the economy, but only if Social Security surpluses are not...in the national economy, and the extra...future Baby Boom Social Security and Medicare benefits...
- American Investors Support Partial Privatization of Social Security, Cautiously...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 4, 2001 700+ words
...privatization of Social Security and believe...the U.S. economy will continue...Unsettled Economy," 43 percent...some form of Social Security privatization...effects on the economy. We should...devoted to Social Security taxes in...
- Social Security Pumps $40 Million a Month into Charlotte County, Fla., Economy.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 25, 2003 700+ words
...to in her job at the Social Security Administration office...57,000 people on Social Security in Charlotte and DeSoto...their benefits. The Social Security Administration pumps...Charlotte County's economy every month, according...
- STRONG ECONOMY GIVES SOCIAL SECURITY A BOOST.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) April 29, 1998 700+ words
...steps needed to ensure Social Security's long-term health, the strong economy has bolstered the retirement...the latest review of Social Security's books showed that...to make certain that Social Security can withstand a coming...
- GREENSPAN WARY OF SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN FED CHAIRMAN SAYS CLINTON'S PROPOSAL...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot January 21, 1999 700+ words
...invest a portion of Social Security reserves in the...would endanger the economy. In testimony...next 15 years into Social Security reserves. But...could threaten the economy. ``I do not...would help the economy most if the surplus...something Clinton's Social ...
