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Americans force Bush to regroup on Social Security
March 4, 2005PITTSBURGH — “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That’s the message that hundreds of thousands of seniors, students, clergy and union members have sent to Republicans, who have been out on the stump to sell...
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GOP slime machine targets AARP
March 4, 2005WASHINGTON — Defenders of Social Security angrily demanded that President George W. Bush disavow a right-wing attack ad that targets the AARP, the nation’s largest organization for people 50 and older, for its opposition to Bush’s...
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Unjust, unfair and un-American
February 18, 2005Fight erupts to defend kids from Bush budget cuts WASHINGTON — “Unjust, unfair and un-American.” That’s how the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) describes President George W. Bush’s $2.57 trillion budget. “It provides the wealthiest Americans with...
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Red states feeling blue over attack on Social Security
February 11, 2005When President Bush took his scheme to privatize Social Security on the road last week he came face to face with “red state” reality. “The president is trying to destroy the social safety net of our...
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Bush budget assailed as war on people
February 11, 2005WASHINGTON — Outraged protests greeted President George W. Bush’s $2.57 trillion budget proposal, with many calling it a fraudulent, radical plan to starve spending on human needs while lavishing billions on the “greedy.” The 2006 budget...
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