March is Social Security Month for Democracy for America as Bush Tries to Sell his "Plan" QC Times
It's almost that time again...the March Democracy for America meet-up topic will be Social Security, and Democracy for the Quad-Cities is all over it as Dr. Alta Price reports they are already inviting local seniors to attend and discuss the Bush "plan." Be sure to watch this space for Caroline Vernon’s upcoming series honoring DFQC seniors - four of their group’s “most loyal” attendees. Thanks Alta and DFQC for the great idear!
By Ed Tibbetts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — [George W.] Bush tried Tuesday to assure older Americans that any Social Security reform would not hit them in the pocketbook, a message the White House hopes will resonate in places such as Iowa where 1 in 6 people get benefits from the 70-year-old government program.
Bush met in the Oval Office with reporters from a half-dozen newspapers, including the QUAD-CITY TIMES, based in states where there is a large elderly population as he seeks to reform [dismantle] the Social Security program.
“Benefit cuts is an interesting word,” Bush said. “Benefits are scheduled to grow at a certain rate, and one of the, one of the suggestions, for example ... was they grow at a, they grow, but not at a rate as fast as projected. You can call it anything you want. I would call it an adjustment to reality,” he said.
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