President George W. Bush wants you to believe that Social Security will “line into red” in 2018, and that if it isn’t “reformed”-that is, partially privatized-ASAP, it will collapse. Or, as a recently leaked internal White House strategy memo put it, the GOP hopes to convince you that Social Security is “headed for an iceberg.” Not tr (...)
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