Reply #64: Bush tries to reassure seniors [View All]

[Khaotic]

Quad-City Times, March 31, 2005
Bush tries to reassure seniors
By Ed Tibbetts

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Even as President Bush said here Wednesday that a political price must be paid for ignoring Social Security’s long-term financial challenges, a key player on the issue said the outlook for a reform package is improving.

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His pledge came the same day AARP, the country’s largest senior citizen advocacy organization, released a nationwide poll of its members saying that 59 percent oppose privately owned investment accounts, the centerpiece of Bush’s plan.

Full Article: http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1048303&t=Iowa+%2F+Illinois&c=24,1048303

Photo that ran on the front page of the Quad-City Times w/ the article.



The photo can also be found at:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050330/480/iasa10503301938

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I grew up in Missouri and moved to Iowa 5 years ago. I can now say that Iowa does not stand for Idiots Out Walking Around, with this published photo of a hardcore Iowa Hawkeye fan conversing with our commander and chief ... next to Shrub Iowans look like Einstein.