A Big Push On Social Security (washingtonpost.com)

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Formula Weighed

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Formula Weighed 01/04/2005 06:19 PM

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AARP Leads With Wallet In Fight Over
Social Security (washingtonpost.com)

AARP Leads With Wallet In Fight Over
Social Security (washingtonpost.com) 03/30/2005 09:36 AM
washingtonpost.com - In the punch-for-punch debate over Social Security, AARP is working hard to keep the White House on the ropes.

Bush Social Security Plan Proves Tough
Sell Among Working Poor
(washingtonpost.com)

Bush Social Security Plan Proves Tough
Sell Among Working Poor
(washingtonpost.com) 04/18/2005 02:42 PM
washingtonpost.com - Brenda Ellis's day begins at 6:30 a.m., when she rousts her 11-year-old son, Imani, from bed, hustles him into the kitchen for breakfast and to the school bus by 7. Tianna, 13, and Dikia, 17, quickly follow. Then she's off, some days to a substitute-teaching job in Prince George's County, others to tax clinics for the working poor, where she is earning credit for a hoped-for career in accounting.

Frist Likely to Push for Ban on
Filibusters (washingtonpost.com)

Frist Likely to Push for Ban on
Filibusters (washingtonpost.com) 04/15/2005 12:40 PM
washingtonpost.com - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is all but certain to press for a rule change that would ban filibusters of judicial nominations in the next few weeks, despite misgivings by some of his fellow Republicans and a possible Democratic backlash that could paralyze the chamber, close associates said yesterday.

"washingtonpost.com: With CIA Push,
Movement to War Accelerated"

"washingtonpost.com: With CIA Push,
Movement to War Accelerated" 04/20/2004 10:00 AM

With CIA Push, Movement to War
Accelerated (washingtonpost.com)

With CIA Push, Movement to War
Accelerated (washingtonpost.com) 04/19/2004 05:52 AM
washingtonpost.com - This is the second of five articles adapted from "Plan of Attack," a book by Bob Woodward that is a behind-the-scenes account of how and why President Bush decided to go to war against Iraq. Simon & Schuster. © 2004.

U.S. Struggled Over How Far to Push
Tactics (washingtonpost.com)

U.S. Struggled Over How Far to Push
Tactics (washingtonpost.com) 06/23/2004 10:07 PM
washingtonpost.com - Newly released documents and interviews portray the civilian leadership at the Pentagon as urgently concerned that al Qaeda and Taliban detainees might have information that could prevent terrorist attacks and as searching intently for effective and "exceptional" interrogation techniques that would pass legal muster.

Democrats In Final Push For Va. Votes
(washingtonpost.com)

Democrats In Final Push For Va. Votes
(washingtonpost.com) 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
washingtonpost.com - The leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination made their final pitches to Virginia's voters yesterday as the campaigns capped off an intense week with a blitz of ads, street-side sign-waving, phone calls and speeches before today's primary.

Post-Convention Push Underway
(washingtonpost.com)

Post-Convention Push Underway
(washingtonpost.com) 07/30/2004 11:02 PM
washingtonpost.com - SCRANTON, Pa., July 30 -- Seeking to sustain the energy from their national convention in Boston, the newly minted Democratic ticket arrived here Friday at the start of a two-week, coast-to-coast campaign trip, with John F. Kerry telling a throng of supporters that they "deserve a president who fights as hard for your job as he fights for his job."

Supporters Push Ronald Reagan University
(washingtonpost.com)

Supporters Push Ronald Reagan University
(washingtonpost.com) 05/01/2004 03:41 AM

Anti-U.S. Uprising Widens in Iraq;
Marines Push Deeper Into Fallujah
(washingtonpost.com)

Anti-U.S. Uprising Widens in Iraq;
Marines Push Deeper Into Fallujah
(washingtonpost.com) 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, April 7 -- Violent resistance to the American occupation of Iraq spread to new parts of the country on Wednesday, including previously quiet parts of Baghdad, as U.S. and allied forces struggled to quell separate uprisings by Sunni and Shiite Muslim insurgents.

Why You Hate, and Like, Social Security

Why You Hate, and Like, Social Security 09/16/2004 03:28 PM
Is Social Security an important part of civilized society, or just another form of welfare?

About that Social Security plan...

About that Social Security plan... 04/07/2005 10:45 PM
There've been a number of reasons in recent weeks to think that President Bush's plan is in serious trouble. Today, there's another.

Retirement's First Leg: Social Security

Retirement's First Leg: Social Security 07/01/2004 01:50 PM
How much will you get for the thousands you've given to Social Security?

The coming war over Social Security

The coming war over Social Security 01/05/2005 11:31 AM
Fortunately, it looks like the Democratic Party is starting to circle the wagons and get serious about battling the Bush administration's plan to eviscerate Social Security in the name of a mythological crisis, and in the service of the private investment industry. Social Security may well be in need of reform, but as Ronald Brownstein reports in the L.A. Times, some key Dems are coming to their senses about making private investment accounts a fundamental part of it.

Social Security and Corporate America

Social Security and Corporate America 04/11/2005 05:59 AM

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The Technology Behind the Social
Security Debate

The Technology Behind the Social
Security Debate 04/06/2005 09:56 AM
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ITunes Undermines Social Security

ITunes Undermines Social Security 11/12/2003 01:22 PM
Although perusing other folks' digital music libraries using iTunes can broaden musical horizons, there can be drawbacks. Like being judged for your taste in music. By Leander Kahney.

Bush, race and Social Security

Bush, race and Social Security 03/14/2005 06:14 PM
The president suggests that privatization opponents think a "certain race" lacks the capacity to invest.

Baby Boomers And Social Security

Baby Boomers And Social Security 03/23/2005 10:38 PM
“NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress that the mounting financial pressure of a wave of retiring baby boomers is so great that cuts in future government retirement benefits are all but inevitable.” Well, that’s just great. I’m on the wazoo end of being a baby boomer, just barely qualifying. I know, baby boomers are defined as being the population explosion caused by the ending of WWII, which apparently caused massive…

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Social Security Better Off Than
Forecast, Report Says

Social Security Better Off Than
Forecast, Report Says 06/15/2004 10:10 AM
The Congressional Budget Office said Monday that the outlook for the Social Security program was less dire than the Bush administration had projected.

Social Security Said to Go Broke in 2041
(AP)

Social Security Said to Go Broke in 2041
(AP) 03/23/2005 07:50 PM
AP - Social Security will begin paying out more in benefits than it receives in taxes in 2017, twelve years from now and a year earlier than previously estimated, trustees said Wednesday in a forecast adding fuel to the debate over changes President Bush wants.

Social Security Fight Like Election (AP)

Social Security Fight Like Election (AP) 04/02/2005 08:02 PM
AP - Just five months after the presidential election, Democratic lawmakers are traveling throughout the country to campaign anew against President Bush and his agenda.

Does Social Security shortchange blacks?

Does Social Security shortchange blacks? 02/05/2005 09:14 PM
Bush says it does -- but the facts show that he's dealing this race card off the bottom of the deck.

The Motivation Behind Social Security
Reform

The Motivation Behind Social Security
Reform 02/05/2005 09:47 PM
Tonight's State of the Union address by the president focused in part on Social Security. Many are asking why the sudden interest in a system that seems to be working just fine. Isn't the president taking big political risks for nothing by doing this? In fact there are serious problems that are compelling the administration to take immediate action on Social Security funding.

Fixing the Social Security Mess

Fixing the Social Security Mess 06/17/2004 08:35 AM

A homerun for privatizing Social
Security?

A homerun for privatizing Social
Security? 04/04/2005 09:55 PM
Tommy Lasorda has come out of retirement to go to bat for President Bush's humdinger of a plan.

Good-Will Is Low for Social Security
Talks

Good-Will Is Low for Social Security
Talks 12/19/2004 02:57 PM
The parties have not been this far apart ideologically on Capitol Hill for decades, some analysts say, which could make an overhaul of Social Security hard to achieve.

SAP ratchets up homeland security push

SAP ratchets up homeland security push 02/12/2004 06:23 PM
ZDNet Feb 12 2004 11:22PM GMT

Greek officials in security push

Greek officials in security push 06/07/2004 07:20 AM
The public security minister and other top officials start a four-day tour to bolster Olympic security.

Microsoft makes security push

Microsoft makes security push 11/17/2003 11:36 AM
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G.O.P. Divided as Bush Views Social
Security

G.O.P. Divided as Bush Views Social
Security 01/06/2005 12:46 AM
President Bush is confronting a deep split within his own party over how to proceed on his plan for privatizing Social Security.

GOP Leaders Weigh New Social Security
Plan (AP)

GOP Leaders Weigh New Social Security
Plan (AP) 04/07/2005 08:08 PM
AP - Senate Republican leaders are considering whether to seek Democratic support for Social Security legislation without the personal accounts sought by President Bush, aiming to restore them later, officials said Thursday.

Greenspan sounds alert on Social
Security

Greenspan sounds alert on Social
Security 08/29/2004 01:41 AM
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Battle Ahead Over Social Security Report
(AP)

Battle Ahead Over Social Security Report
(AP) 03/23/2005 04:45 AM
AP - Both sides in the pitched battle over Social Security are getting ready to argue over a whole new set of numbers — the annual assessment of when Social Security and Medicare will go broke.

Bush Not Revealing Social Security
Details (AP)

Bush Not Revealing Social Security
Details (AP) 02/01/2005 08:25 PM
AP - President Bush will outline ideas about strengthening Social Security but will not spell out all the details of a plan to fix the system's financial problems when he delivers his State of the Union address Wednesday night.

Trustees: Social Security Broke in 2041
(AP)

Trustees: Social Security Broke in 2041
(AP) 03/23/2005 12:54 PM
AP - The trust fund for Social Security will go broke in 2041 — a year earlier than previously estimated — the trustees reported Wednesday. Trustees also said that Medicare, the giant health care program for the elderly and disabled, faces insolvency in 2020.

Bush: It's time to fix Social Security
(USATODAY.com)

Bush: It's time to fix Social Security
(USATODAY.com) 12/19/2004 03:35 PM
USATODAY.com - President Bush said Thursday that "now is the time to confront Social Security" by allowing younger workers to invest part of their payroll tax in the stock market.

Happy New Year! Do you know where your
Social Security dollars are?

Happy New Year! Do you know where your
Social Security dollars are? 01/03/2005 01:11 AM
Josh Marshall's regular postings on the Social Security debate have been impassioned, persistent and invaluable. Today's Talking Points Memo lays out, in different and probably clearer language than I have been able to muster, the point I've been intermittently making here about the Bush Administration's duplicitous case for Social Security "reform" -- that the "crisis" Bush and co. are scaring the nation with is one of their own making, since they've squandered so much of the fiscal reserve set aside precisely to shore up the retirement system's future:

After 1980 we started borrowing money big-time to finance our deficits -- in large part because of tax cuts on high-income earners. However you want to slice it, we started spending substantially more than we were taking in in tax revenue. So where'd we borrow the money? This is from memory, so I may have the numbers a bit off. But I believe about $4 trillion of that debt was borrowed on the open market -- individual Americans have them in their investment portfolios, or pension funds hold them, or the Chinese, Japanese and the Saudis and others have them in bonds. But about $3 trillion of those dollars we needed to fund the 1980s and 1990s deficits we managed to borrow closer to home. We borrowed it from the Social Security (and a few other government) trust fund(s). Almost the entirety of President Bush's Social Security phase-out plan comes down to a simple proposition: finding out how not to pay it back.

Josh's writing here comes close to the "It's a Wonderful Life"-style clarity on this subject that so often eludes even our most gifted economist-pundits, and that I ached for a month ago. As this debate unrolls in the New Year, he is someone to keep up with.

BONUS LINK [Via Brad DeLong]: For those interested in delving a bit more into the numbers, this post by Brad Setser is a great complement to Marshall's.
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