Bush Pledges to Change Social Security
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Contending Americans have embraced his conservative agenda, President Bush pledged Thursday to aggressively pursue major changes in Social Security, the tax code and medical malpractice awards, working with Democrats if they are receptive and leaving them behind if they're not.
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WASHINGTON President Bush used his first news conference since his Election Day win to lay out lofty goals, including an overhaul of Social Security and a revamp of the nation&#39;s tax system.
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Social Security reform, tax simplification and an aggressive pursuit of the war on terrorism top President George W. Bush&#39;s agenda for the next four years, he told reporters Thursday.
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Social Security taxes will have to rise by half if lawmakers don't revamp the giant program, President Bush's budget chief said Friday as the administration sought support for its overhaul plans.
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President Bush hits the road on  Thursday to persuade wary members of Congress and Americans to  support an overhaul of Social Security after raising the  incendiary topic of possible limits on future retirement  benefits.
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President Bush sought support from congressional leaders of both parties Monday for his proposal to overhaul Social Security, which promises to be a hotly contested political issue during his second term.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush, who has promised that his plan to allow private investment accounts in Social Security would give workers a &quot;better rate of return,&quot; is seriously mulling a companion effort that could cut future promised retirement benefits for millions of workers by 6 percent, even when potential gains from private accounts are included, analysts said.
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President Bush on Thursday flatly ruled out raising payroll taxes to ensure the solvency of Social Security, as he opened a push for historic changes in the retirement program.
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Touting President Bush's proposal to substantially overhaul Social Security by creating private investment accounts, Treasury Secretary John Snow on Friday vowed to "take the case to the American people."
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If President Bush wants to push his plan to overhaul Social Security through Congress during his second term, he will probably have to do something he rarely did during his first term: get his hands dirty.
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President Bush plans to make the case for reforming Social Security at the economic summit he will open Wednesday. He couldn&#39;t pick a more ambitious, or more devilish, domestic project.
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Democrats vowed on Saturday to  protect the Social Security retirement program from  "privatization" by President Bush and his Republican allies,  who expanded their congressional majorities in elections this  week.
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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.  - President Bush plans a  "big January surprise" if re-elected by moving quickly to allow  some private Social Security accounts, which will reduce  benefits for retirees and swell the U.S. deficit, Democratic  Sen. John Kerry claimed on Sunday.
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President Bush has made his ambitious proposal to revamp Social Security a priority for his second term. This is the first part of an occasional series exploring the retirement
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President George W. Bush said Americans are ``expecting bipartisan effort and results&#39;&#39; on changing Social Security, the tax code and other issues from his victorious campaign against Senator John Kerry.
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President Bush said on Saturday  Social Security must be overhauled to avoid a "looming danger"  of insolvency, as he launched a public push for his proposal to  add private accounts to the program.
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FARGO, N.D.  - President Bush warned on Thursday  that retirement benefits for younger workers were at risk as he  brought his campaign to revamp Social Security to the American  heartland and sought the public's help in winning over  skeptical members of Congress.