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To: LindyBill who wrote (90201)12/11/2004 11:53:47 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793841
 
After all, Republicans worked for years to gain control of Congress. Why jeopardize that by provoking a fight over Social Security?

Because it would be a worthwhile sacrifice to save the nation from the SS ponzi...

Derek



To: LindyBill who wrote (90201)12/11/2004 1:36:02 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793841
 
The White House would scrap the wage index in favor of a price index, which would calculate benefits by the rate of inflation.

I don't get this. Does anybody get this? They use the CPI-W, which is a price index.