Bush, Kerry on Issue of Social Security
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Three times a week, The Associated Press picks an issue and asks President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a question about it. Today's question and responses:
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John F. Kerry presented starkly contrasting views of Iraq and each other&#39;s health care plans yesterday
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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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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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John Kerry doesn't talk much about Social Security on the campaign trail, but he laid out some thoughts for a voter in Everett, Wash., who doubted that the government retirement program is really in trouble.
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Mr Bush and Mr Kerry accused each other of being profligate spenders of the country&#39;s fiscal budget. Mr Kerry said he was a fiscal conservative who supported the &#39;pay-as-you-go&#39; system of balanced spending and revenues.
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President Bush emphasized today during his last press conference of the year that he wants Social Security reform efforts to protect the benefits of older Americans.
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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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COLUMBUS, Ohio - President Bush lashed out at Sen. John Kerry on Saturday for his stands on domestic programs ranging from retirement to health care, saying the Democrat is obstructing needed reforms that would give workers more control over their financial future...
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Bush&#39;s plan focuses on individuals and employers while Kerry favors increased involvement by the federal government. BY JANET HOOK AND PETER WALLSTEN.
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President Bush questioned Sen. John Kerry's fitness to lead and the Democrat said Bush had ignored the middle class as they took their close presidential race on Saturday to two crucial states.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry on the issues at Friday's debate:
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Debating for 90 minutes about war, homeland security and taxes, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry each argued Friday that he is better suited to run the country. Associated Press writers watched the debate with voters across the country.
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With their push to restructure Social Security off to a rocky start, Bush administration officials have begun citing two Democrats -- former President Bill Clinton and the late senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- to bolster their claims that the retirement system is in crisis.
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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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Accusing President Bush of plotting a &quot;January surprise&quot; to cut Social Security benefits, Senator John Kerry told voters here and in Ohio on Sunday that
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By Dick Meyer. By Dotty Lynch. By Bob Schieffer. (CBS/AP) President Bush and Sen. John Kerry swapped charges over a looming shortage of flu vaccine and the future of Social Security as they