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The Bush agenda.
SOCIAL SECURITY
The president wants to give Americans the option of diverting a portion of their Social Security taxes into individual stock and bond accounts. He hasn't said how he will pay for the plan, which could amount to $2 trillion in start-up costs over 10 years. He wants to move quickly and engage the public to support a major overhaul of the retirement system. But public-opinion polls show skepticism, and members of Congress are wary of angering the powerful senior-citizens lobby.
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TAX REFORM
Bush has asked a task force led by former Florida Sen. Connie Mack to look at a complete revamping of the tax code. But Republicans in Congress are splintered into several camps, including those who favor a flat income tax and others who would like to scrap the IRS and replace the agency with a national sales tax.
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WAR FUNDING
- Candidate Bush returns; Social Security reform.(Bush campaigns for Social...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) March 12, 2005 700+ words
...underestimating him GEORGE BUSH'S campaign for Social Security reform has hardly had a stellar start...internal organisation. There is now a Social Security "war room" at the Treasury Department...rhetoric, too, and now talks less about Social Security's crisis than about "holes" ...
- Seniors won't be hurt by Social Security reform, Bush says.
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) February 15, 2005 700+ words
...to create personal accounts within Social Security, the most sacrosanct government program...out 4 percent as the portion of the Social Security payroll tax younger workers should...talking about his crusade to reform Social Security with reporters from six regional newspapers...
- Hoover Institution Fellows On National Missile Defense, Social Security Reform,...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 1, 2001 700+ words
...peacekeeping and nation building. Legal adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1985-1990. Contact: 650-725-3763. SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM John Cogan, Senior Fellow. Expertise: The federal budget and domestic human resources policy, the role of the...
- Bush may raise taxes to boost Social Security.
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (NY, NY) February 14, 2005 700+ words
...President Bush is so worried about Social Security, he'd back raising taxes...are 100 moving parts" to Social Security reform. Bush administration officials wouldn...Congress wouldn't move Bush's Social Security effort anytime soon. "I...
- While touting his tax cut, Bush is quiet about Social Security.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Eichel, Larry March 5, 2001 700+ words
...next 10 years. The Social Security surplus, which is...money from outside Social Security has to be added to...about the kind of reform Bush envisions once they...the odds for serious Social Security reform get better...
- Third-Rail Politics.(George W. Bush)(calls for the privatization of Social...
- Magazine article from: The Nation June 12, 2000 700+ words
...privatization of Social Security. He claims it is...Gore, defending Social Security and Medicare is the...potential assault on Social Security since the forties...this wrong-headed reform. Bush has stepped on the...
- In pushing for immigration reform, Bush aims to shore up GOP base; The hope is...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor May 17, 2006 700+ words
...the president proposes broad principles and lets Congress work out the details. Now, after that technique failed with Social Security reform, the White House knows Bush must be his own best advocate - especially as he nears the start of the final quarter...
- Talk of US economic bankruptcy could come true if political class don't get...
- Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa) July 23, 2006 700+ words
...points out, the entitlement of social security is only the start of the problem...On the other he has pursued social security reform. Bush even described that drive...congress merely rejigged the social security formula so that pensions rose...
