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The current Bush presidency seems even less equipped than the last one to grapple with an economic bust.
By Joan Walsh
September 11, 2001
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The message? Bush is on the "wrong track," and Republicans shouldn't touch Social Security.
By Jake Tapper
September 10, 2001
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Robert Reich denounces Democrats' debt-reduction fetish, and compares Al Gore to Calvin Coolidge.
By Anthony York
September 4, 2001
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Thanks to his massive tax cut, President Bush is under pressure to raid the Social Security surplus to fund his budget -- and some liberal Democrats agree.
By Anthony York
September 1, 2001
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The new budget numbers make it clear that the president's tax cut was aimed at bankrupting the treasury all along.
By Robert Scheer
August 28, 2001
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Republicans are now playing the race card to try to sell Social Security privatization.
By Joe Conason
August 28, 2001
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As Bush's panel on Social Security tries to skirt open meeting laws, Democrats prepare to attack the president's privatization plans.
By Jake Tapper
August 27, 2001
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Don't believe the Democrats: The current system fleeces blacks and working people while helping the rich. The Bush plan will change that.
By David Horowitz
August 6, 2001
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Will an imploding stock market kill off plans to privatize our national safety net?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
April 3, 2001
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By Cathy Young
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October 31, 2000
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Social Security is on its last legs, and the limited privatization backed by the GOP candidate can save it. But Al Gore won't even admit there's a problem.
By Cathy Young
October 27, 2000
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What makes you say, "Yes, that's it! That's real, solid Al Gore"? Advertising pundits ponder.
By Alicia Montgomery
June 16, 2000
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Can you be a "Coal Miner's Daughter" if your daddy owned the mine?
By Joshua Micah Marshall
June 2, 2000
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Why shouldn't Leo play journalist with the president? Plus: Thou shalt not covet thy daughter's boyfriend; more world-class fools.
April 10, 2000
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Democrats and Republicans calling for an overhaul of our national retirement system are overlooking the obvious: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
By Merrill Goozner
April 5, 2000
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Many Republicans agree that partial privatization is necessary to reform Social Security, but don't expect them to say that in this election year.
By Stacey Zolt
January 11, 2000
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Steve Forbes' poll numbers in New Hampshire slowly rise even though the media ignores him.
By Jake Tapper
December 11, 1999
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An informal survey of toupees, transplants, weaves and dye-jobs reveals that 10 percent to 22 percent of United States senators are engaged in a coverup.
By John F. Murphy
November 22, 1999
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The push to entrust the rapacious financial industry with our Social Security money is being led by a former advisor to murderous Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
By Ian Williams
July 20, 1999
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Give everybody $80,000. After that they're on their own.
By Dustin Beilke
April 28, 1999
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They know something we don't: Big government works.
By Joe Conason
March 9, 1999
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Political experts from both sides deconstruct President Clinton's 1999 State of the Union address.
By Salon Staff
January 20, 1999
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Clinton's moment of truth
By Fred Branfman
October 14, 1996
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In a bold new proposal, the G.O.P. urges seniors to "Bite the Dust for the Budget"
By Fred Branfman
April 1, 1996
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