Social Security Up for Discussion
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With the elections over and Democrats poised to take control on Capitol Hill, the Bush administration is making a fresh push to persuade them to help rein in the rising costs of Social Security and government health-care programs by offering to open talks with "no preconditions."
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Social Security benefits for more than 47 million Americans will increase 2.7 percent next year, the government announced today. But higher Medicare premiums will take
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MAIN TOPIC: President Bush will offer new details about his plan to let younger workers divert some of their Social Security payroll taxes into personal investment accounts. Experts say while the president will seek to reassure Americans who are at or near retirement, he will leave larger questions unanswered.
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Those who still have their fingers crossed about Social Security need to let go of the fantasy and make better financial plans.
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Privatization of Social Security is in the wind. For weeks, the Bush administration has been filling the sky with trial balloons. Unfortunately, the proposals being floated do little to address the two fundamental flaws of Social Security.
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The U.S. Social Security  Administration is set to publicize its financial problems and  promote partial privatization of the government pension system  as part of a solution, despite the objections of many agency  employees, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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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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A poll suggests that a large majority of Americans support restrictions on the use of Social Security numbers if it would help prevent identity theft.
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EDITOR&#39;S NOTE -- President Bush has made his ambitious proposal to revamp Social Security a priority for his second term. This is one in an occasional series of stories exploring the retirement system, why
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Prompt action is needed to fund pensions for the ageing US population, the head of Federal Reserve has said. Alan Greenspan told a Fed-sponsored symposium that workers face the prospect of either higher taxes or a raised retirement age.
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SEATTLE Aug. 28, 2004 - John Kerry doesn&#39;t talk much about Social Security on the campaign trail, but he laid out some thoughts for a voter in Everett, Wash.
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TAMPA, Fla.  - President Bush said on Friday he  recognized his contentious proposal for personal retirement  accounts was not the only solution to bolster Social Security  but would be part of a broader overhaul of the country's  largest entitlement program.
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President George W. Bush&#39;s bid to restructure Social Security and make tax cuts permanent competed with budget and trade deficit concerns during a two-day conference of economists and executives that began today.
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I haven&#39;t made up my mind on the subject of private accounts for Social Security. Unlike the Bush administration, I prefer to study the facts before leaping to conclusions.
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WASHINGTON - More than 47 million Americans receiving Social Security will get a 2.7 percent increase - an extra $25, on average - in their monthly checks next year, but much of the increase will be eaten up by higher Medicare premiums.    The Social Security Administration announced the cost-of-living adjustment Tuesday, and the increase will start showing up in checks in January...
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While he didn&#39;t say &quot;read my lips,&quot; President Bush&#39;s statements on Thursday about the chances of increasing payroll taxes to pay for planned reforms in the Social Security system could hardly have been clearer.
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President Bush acknowledged the dicey politics of Social Security as he urged Congress to approve his plan to add personal accounts to the system. With the system in financial straits, he said, any political price is worth paying.