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“Earlier this year, before George W. Bush’s approval rating plummeted below the 45 per cent mark, Social Security emerged as the White House’s pet issue. Bush travelled all over the country to discuss his vision.
The American president had vowed to reform the Social Security system during his re-election campaign. Bush proposed allowing workers to divert up to four per cent of their Social Security taxes into personal accounts that could be invested in stocks and bonds. While the town hall meetings provided for great photo-ops, the idea worried Democrats in Congress, and polls showed a wary public. A June Hart/McInturff survey for the Wall Street Journal and NBC News showed that only 33 per cent of respondents considered their president’s rationale as a “good idea.” More than 50 per cent of respondents expressed opposition to the changes in a Gallup/CNN/USA Today poll conducted in late June….”
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