Bush's bridge too far: the Republicans may have wall-to-wall control, but the politics of privatization favors the Democrats.(A Special Report On Saving Social Security)(George W. Bush)
American Prospect, The, February, 2005 by Kuttner, Robert
THE EPIC SOCIAL SECURITY BATTLE OF 2005 WILL boil down to two questions: which side will do a more effective job getting its message out to voters, and which party can enforce the tighter discipline in Congress. Seemingly, the circumstances favor the Republicans, who have the bully pulpit of the White House, almost infinite financial resources from corporate and ideological allies, and majorities in both chambers.
But Social Security privatization is such a fiscal stretch that any of the several ways of bringing it about must alienate one Republican faction or another. It remains ...
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