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Deal or no deal? The new, yet eternal, politics of Social Security.(George W. Bush's reform)

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| December 31, 2006 | Ponnuru, Ramesh | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

LOSING the midterm elections may have brought President Bush closer to achieving his goals for Social Security reform. Those goals are to make the program solvent and to expand the "ownership society."

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The elections made a bipartisan deal on Social Security more likely in four ways. First, they increased President Bush's incentive to cut one. If he wants a domestic-policy legacy, this is the most likely place for him to find one. Second, they increased his flexibility. During the last Congress, many Republicans insisted that any reform had to include personal savings accounts "carved out" of Social Security: Workers, that is, had ...

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