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Disgraceful doubletalk on Social Security |
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By Josh Marshall
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Posted: 07/16/08 05:53 PM [ET] |
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As you know, last week Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said that Social Security is “an absolute disgrace.” Now, I guess the McCain campaign thought it could bury the controversy over the senator’s remarks by hauling out former Sen. Phil Gramm to say that the recession is just a figment of people’s imaginations. But I’m not so easily thrown off the scent. And the substance of McCain’s comments are important because they reveal a key part of his agenda — which is to phase out Social Security in just the way President Bush tried and failed to do back in 2005. |
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