The Guardian reports on today's Dem anti-privatization efforts

[ginnyinWI]

I like The Guardian:

"``If he's going out to push for privatization, let's help him pack,'' Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said to cheers from a sun-splashed crowd on the lawn across the street from the Capitol. He was ridiculing Bush's heavily publicized 60-day tour to build support for his proposals.

``Personal accounts unravels the Social Security safety net in a way that makes it hard to find common ground,'' said Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, one of several Democrats who criticized the president's recommendations at a lengthy Senate Finance Committee hearing."

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"Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who lost to Bush in the 2004 election, said it was the president who had failed to put a plan on the table. Referring to a proposal he made during his bid for the White House, Kerry called for repealing Bush-era tax cuts for the nation's top wage-earners to help shore up Social Security's finances.

``We're going to do something,'' he said of the need to address Social Security funding difficulties. ``We're not going to do nothing.'' "

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4964802,00.html

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