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Note To Sen. Sununu: Your Proposal Is Privatization And It Does Scare People
Note To Sen. Sununu: Your Proposal Is Privatization And It Does Scare People
Yesterday, during a debate with former Governor Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) “ defended his plan for private Social Security accounts,” saying “the fact of the matter is the word privatization usually is used to scare people .” He added “ I ...
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Conservative Senators for Social Security Privatization
Matthew Yglesias — ... Pat Garofalo takes a look at John Sununu’s support for Social Security privatization. And he’s not the only one! Mitch McConnell discussed his passion for privatizing Social Security ...

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