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Social Security and the market meltdown
Social Security and the market meltdown
In the wake of the stock market collapse, one theme emerged almost immediately — that derailing George Bush’s reform and privatization plans for Social Security saved retirees from disaster. People saw the steep drop in stock prices over the last few weeks and figured that retirees ...
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STOCK MARKET CRASH MEANS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT TIME TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS HOT AIR BY SEVEN WEEKS!
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERSHOT AIR TODAY: In the wake of the stock market collapse, one theme emerged almost immediately — that derailing George Bush’s reform and privatization plans for Social Security saved retirees from disaster. People saw the steep drop in stock prices over the last few weeks and figured that retirees would be eating cat food by Christmas. However, that ignores a couple of realities, and in fact we may wind up wishing we’d listened to Bush in the long run. First, the people who were close to retirement weren’t eligible for privatization anyway. In ...

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