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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:53 AM
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So glad Bush spent all that time stumping Social Sec. - what a waste!
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http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/4663936/detail.html

GOP Senator: Nobody Eager To Move On Social Security


WASHINGTON -- The Republican chairman of the Senate committee charged with producing a Social Security bill said his colleagues "all want it to go away."

But Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley said he won't drop the issue even though his own committee is in a logjam.

Another Republican on Grassley's committee, Oregon's Gordon Smith, said recent proposals are "little more than just talk."

Smith said Democrats are to blame for stalled negotiations. They've refused to budge in their opposition to the private investment accounts proposed by President George W. Bush.

Democrats argue that the accounts would require benefit cuts, steep government borrowing and put guaranteed checks at risk.

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shoelace414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:54 AM
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1. how much did his barnstorming cost?
and can we put that into how many humvee's could have been armored if he stayed in DC.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:56 AM
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2. I'm sure our wounded Vet's could have used the extra money.
:argh:
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:57 AM
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3. Now THAT'S a question I'd like to see the media ask! n/t
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:59 AM
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4. the amount of money * wasted traveling and costing cities
would have been better spent on the people for education, jobs, etc
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