Hundreds protest Bush plan

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Sun, May. 08, 2005

Hundreds protest Bush plan
Young residents oppose Social Security changes

MELISSA FOLLOWELL
Herald Staff Writer

SARASOTA - Benjamin Dictor is about 40 years away from being eligible for Social Security benefits, but the president's discussion of reforms worries him.

"Frankly, Social Security concerns young people more than the senior citizens today. Our future is on the line," Dictor said Saturday at a rally organized by the Democratic Club of Sarasota.

Dictor is the founder of Mobilized Youth, a local organization set on making young people politically aware before many of them are even able to vote. About 20 members representing every Sarasota high school gathered at the corner of U.S. 41 and Siesta Drive to protest President Bush's proposed personal-account Social Security plan.

Democratic Club member DeeDee Katz stood with more than 200 other protesters, waving a sign proclaiming Bush's plan more of a problem than a solution. She was answered by a chorus of honking horns from passing cars.
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http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/11592702.htm

[jerryman814]

1. what an oxymoron.... Bush and plan in the same sentence?

n/t

[izzie]

4. So is the Republican PARTY

It should be the Republican DEATH WATCH

[struggle4progress]

6. Try "Bush's Social Security scam" on r size. eom

[whistle]

2. The plan that destroys Social Security....

....educate the youth of America

[rodeodance]

3. gosh, it would be lovely if groups like this were on every major inter-

section.

[Cha]

5. That's a Good Idea!

It might come down to that.