MEET THE PRESS Transcripts 3-6-05 The president tries again to sell his SS

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Sunday, March 6, 2005

Guests: Senator Mitch McConnell, (R-Ky.), Assistant Majority Leader, Republican Whip, Senator Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), Assistant Minority Leader, Democratic Whip, Mike Allen, Washington Post, Joe Klein, Time Magazine, Paul Krugman, New York Times, Kate O'Beirne, National Review

Moderator/Host: Tim Russert, NBC News

MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: The president tries again to sell his Social Security plan.

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PRES. GEORGE W. BUSH: You ought to be allowed to take some of your own money and set it aside in a personal savings account that you call your own.

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MR. RUSSERT: Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warns about spending and taxes.

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MR. ALAN GREENSPAN: Well, this is the reason...

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MR. RUSSERT: The American death toll in Iraq now more than 1,500 after nearly two years of war. With us, the Republican whip of the United States Senate, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and the Democratic whip of the United States Senate, Dick Durbin of Illinois. McConnell and Durbin square off.

Then, insights and analysis from Mike Allen of The Washington Post, Joe Klein from Time magazine, Paul Krugman of The New York Times and Kate O'Beirne of the National Review.

And in our MEET THE PRESS Minute, almost 31 years ago, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors for President Gerald Ford warned about spending and taxes. His name? Alan Greenspan.

But first, with us: the Republican and Democratic whips in the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, Dick Durbin. Welcome both.

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1. What planet was Kate O' Beirne reporting from?

I saw part of her segment with Paul Krugman (thank god) and she was doing a Tasmanian Devil spin. It would have been funny if it weren't so pathetic.