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Social Security as Welfare
George F. Will in The Washington Post; subscription may be required 
[Opinion] May 9, 2005 Excerpt: Progressive indexation is means testing politely labeled, and means testing, however labeled, is an attribute of welfare programs. Which is why in 1997 -- eight years before Bush's attempt to attract Democratic support by proposing progressive indexation to make Social Security more redistributive -- Moynihan understood why a combination of progressive indexation and personal accounts 'carved out' of Social Security would repel Democrats. MORE >> |
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