Tough issues looming for Social Security
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Politicians are starting to weigh changes to the federal retirement program. Reforms carry risk and can&#39;t be separated from nation&#39;s overall fiscal health.
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President Bush is confronting a deep split within his own party over how to proceed on his plan for privatizing Social Security.
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Facing stiff resistance, President Bush began searching state-by-state for support for his plan to overhaul Social Security and conceded Thursday that not all lawmakers believe the program has a serious problem.
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All the tactics of a political campaign &#151; TV ads, grass-roots organizing, town hall meetings and polling &#151; are being tapped to influence opinion and pressure lawmakers in the explosive debate on Social Security.
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Mention of Social Security&#39;s future triggers anxious questions. Will it be there when you retire? Will benefits be cut or eligibility changed?
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Facing an intensifying fight over  his plan to revamp Social Security, President Bush insisted on  Saturday that the retirement program was in peril and he had a  moral responsibility to fix it.
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As restructuring Social Security moves to the top of his agenda, President Bush is sidestepping a troublesome problem: Medicare, which provides health insurance for
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The Social Security Administration is preparing a major public relations campaign to market the idea that Social Security faces dire financial problems requiring immediate action and private accounts.
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Facing record budget deficits, the Bush administration likely will turn to short-term government borrowing to help finance its plan to add personal retirement accounts to Social Security, officials said on Saturday.
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US President George W Bush has vowed to push through big reforms to the Social Security programme in his next term. &quot;Now is the time to work together to confront the problem... the crisis is now,&quot; he told
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The list of major challenges confronting President Bush as he prepares to take the oath of office for the second time is exhausting.
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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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The fight over Social Security marks only the beginning of a national debate over the cost of a graying society -- and the inevitable reallocation of resources that is sure to produce winners and losers, in the United States and around the world
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - Facing record budget deficits,  the Bush administration likely will turn to short-term  government borrowing to help finance its plan to add personal  retirement accounts to Social Security, officials said on  Saturday.
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Staffing problems at the Social Security Administration could make it difficult for field offices to handle increased telephone calls and visits prompted by an upcoming increase in Medicare premiums, according to the Government Accountability Office.
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The President's Social Security reform plan is a big political risk, and both parties may not find a lot  to like about it
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A decade after President Bill  Clinton's ambitious scheme to overhaul U.S. health care turned  into a political debacle, some are wondering whether President  Bush's Social Security plan could go the same way.