Politics > Politics-USA > No, no, no, they're called "personal accounts" now not "private accounts." Try to keep up.
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09 Apr 2005 10:37:04 AM |
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No, no, no, they're called "personal accounts" now not "private accounts." Try to keep up. |
From The Associated Press, 4/8/05:
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-social-security-web-site,0,4227018.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines
Bush Web Backers Not All on the Same Page
By LAURA MECKLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON --
The word came down from the GOP's polling experts:
The proper phrase is "personal accounts," never "private accounts,"
when talking about President Bush's plan for Social Security.
Evidentially, some of the president's supporters didn't get the memo.
Both terms are widely used on a Web site sponsored by the Republican
National Committee that invites supporters to post their views.
"Social Security must be changed to have private accounts," wrote a
man from Arkansas.
"I'm all for private accounts," wrote a California woman.
"Privatization is a great idea," said an Ohio doctor.
Under the Bush plan, younger workers could divert a portion of their
Social Security taxes into private/personal accounts that could be
invested in the stock market.
In trade, their traditional benefits would drop.
Republican strategists told their allies on the Social Security issue
to avoid the words "privatization" and "private accounts" in
describing Bush's proposal after polls showed those terms bother
people.
Instead, the strategists advised, use "personal accounts," a term that
makes them feel they have control.
"I am in favor of privatizing a portion of Social Security, with the
eventual goal of discontinuing it altogether," Minna Andriulli of
Kingston, Tenn., wrote on the Republican National Committee's Web
site.
Asked in an interview why she used the term "privatizing," she said:
"I think that it really is privatization. They avoid using the word
because the news media makes a mess of it. It has gotten kind of a bad
connotation."
The RNC, which screens the comments before posting them on the
Internet, steers people to the Web site with e-mails to the 7.5
million people on its mailing list.
The site, preservingsocialsecurity.com, features more than 1,500
postings.
It is dominated by people who support Bush's plan, but also includes
comments from opponents and people who favor raising taxes to fix the
system.
RNC spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt suggested that supporters who use the
term "privatize" are listening to the wrong people.
"There's been a concerted effort on the part of Democrats to spread
misinformation," she said.
"The word `privatizing' has unfortunately seeped into the public
dialogue."
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Rightards are actually admitting that they're coating their ***** with
sugar.
Harry
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| Title: Re: No, no, no, they're called "personal accounts" now not "private accounts." Try to keep up. |
09 Apr 2005 12:24:33 PM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
From The Associated Press, 4/8/05:
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-social-security-web-site,0,4227018.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines
Bush Web Backers Not All on the Same Page
By LAURA MECKLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON --
The word came down from the GOP's polling experts:
The proper phrase is "personal accounts," never "private accounts,"
when talking about President Bush's plan for Social Security.
Evidentially, some of the president's supporters didn't get the memo.
Both terms are widely used on a Web site sponsored by the Republican
National Committee that invites supporters to post their views.
That's nothing...
A web page in the official Social Security website which actually
advised people why Social Security was superior to IRAs has
VANISHED; go to it and try to click on it and IT'S DEAD.
Even the truth has been erased by this arrogant *****.
I checked on it about 10 days ago, and assuming it would soon
disappear PRINTED IT OUT so the evidence would be preserved.
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| User: "bj" |
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| Title: Re: No, no, no, they're called "personal accounts" now not "private accounts." Try to keep up. |
18 Apr 2005 07:11:28 AM |
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<Cognitus44@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1113067473.883476.259880@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Harry Hope wrote:
From The Associated Press, 4/8/05:
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-social-security-web-site,0,
4227018.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines
Bush Web Backers Not All on the Same Page
By LAURA MECKLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON --
The word came down from the GOP's polling experts:
The proper phrase is "personal accounts," never "private accounts,"
when talking about President Bush's plan for Social Security.
Evidentially, some of the president's supporters didn't get the memo.
Both terms are widely used on a Web site sponsored by the Republican
National Committee that invites supporters to post their views.
That's nothing...
A web page in the official Social Security website which actually
advised people why Social Security was superior to IRAs has
VANISHED; go to it and try to click on it and IT'S DEAD.
Even the truth has been erased by this arrogant *****.
I checked on it about 10 days ago, and assuming it would soon
disappear PRINTED IT OUT so the evidence would be preserved.
Another one of your lies bit the dust?
I don't care if you call this option "private", "personal", or "none of the
above".
I just want to keep the government hands off my pocketbook!
Social Security is a tax! It is not mind or yours, as is an IRA.
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| User: "c-bee1" |
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| Title: Re: No, no, no, they're called "personal accounts" now not "private accounts." Try to keep up. |
18 Apr 2005 07:31:18 AM |
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"bj" <hollabaugh@comteck.com> wrote in message
news:ca194$4263a3f2$40b83db8$6238@COMTECK.COM...
<Cognitus44@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1113067473.883476.259880@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Harry Hope wrote:
From The Associated Press, 4/8/05:
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-social-security-web-site,0,
4227018.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines
Bush Web Backers Not All on the Same Page
By LAURA MECKLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON --
The word came down from the GOP's polling experts:
The proper phrase is "personal accounts," never "private accounts,"
when talking about President Bush's plan for Social Security.
Evidentially, some of the president's supporters didn't get the memo.
Both terms are widely used on a Web site sponsored by the Republican
National Committee that invites supporters to post their views.
That's nothing...
A web page in the official Social Security website which actually
advised people why Social Security was superior to IRAs has
VANISHED; go to it and try to click on it and IT'S DEAD.
Even the truth has been erased by this arrogant *****.
I checked on it about 10 days ago, and assuming it would soon
disappear PRINTED IT OUT so the evidence would be preserved.
Another one of your lies bit the dust?
I don't care if you call this option "private", "personal", or "none of
the
above".
I just want to keep the government hands off my pocketbook!
Criminal intent noted. lol
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