Corporate Interests Launch Social Security Campaign
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With $200 million or more of funding provided by "corporate America, the financial services industry, conservative think tanks, much of the Washington trade association community, the Republican Party and GOP lobbyists" are mounting a high-priced campaign to help Bush win privatization of Social Security. The Washington Post reports, "Many of these same interest groups backed Bush administration tax cuts, the 2003 Medicare prescription drug legislation and proposed energy initiatives." These corporate backers would be the only group to benefit from the Bush's Social Security plan.
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Beginning next weekend Democrats plan to hold hundreds of hometown Social Security events across the country to counter Bush's relentless barnstorming. "Have you noticed that every reform means you pay more, and Wall Street and the pharmaceutical companies walk out with more profit?" said Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), chairman of the House Democratic campaign committee. "That's what we're going to hit him with."
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