Bush hones his pitch on retirement
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The president pushes hard, as the public remains wary of private Social Security accounts.
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President Bush will outline ideas about strengthening Social Security but will not spell out all the details of a plan to fix the system's financial problems when he delivers his State of the Union address Wednesday night.
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President Bush is barnstorming the country, trying to convince the public that Social Security needs an urgent overhaul and offering a solution even the White House acknowledges won't fix the retirement system's future financial problems.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush tried to make the case for an election mandate Thursday, holding a news conference to discuss his goals for his next term.
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President Bush said he would begin work immediately on his proposal to overhaul Social Security.
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President Bush made a fresh push Saturday for a new Social Security plan in which Americans would be allowed to channel a small portion of their income into "personal savings accounts," warning that inaction could end the retirement system.
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FARGO, N.D.  - President Bush warned on Thursday  that retirement benefits for younger workers were at risk as he  brought his campaign to revamp Social Security to the American  heartland and sought the public's help in winning over  skeptical members of Congress.
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President Bush said Thursday the Social Security investment accounts he is proposing would have rules to prevent workers from gambling away their retirement money. He appealed for congressional action to shore up the system and said lawmakers supporting him wouldn't be risking their seats.
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Fresh from a five-state tour promoting his plan to add private accounts to Social Security, President Bush pledged on Saturday to go beyond that proposal and push for an overhaul to make the retirement system permanently solvent.
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President Bush chose Wall Street as the stage to bring his economic message out from the shadows of the Iraq war.
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President George W. Bush, facing pressure to trim a record US budget deficit, will combine a push to restructure Social Security with a call for spending discipline as he wraps up a two-day economic summit.
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Legislation that would encourage federal retirees to come back to work in the government on a temporary basis was introduced in the House yesterday, giving the Bush administration a chance to push for one of its management priorities this year.
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President Bush said on Saturday he  would consider ideas from Democrats as well as Republicans as  he pursues an overhaul of Social Security and other economic  priorities but insisted any fix to the retirement program  should not involve tax increases.
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President Bush makes remarks to the media before a meeting with the Social Security Trustees, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, in Washington.
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WASHINGTON - Amid signs that the economy is cooling, President Bush is showcasing initiatives for a second term under the banner of an "ownership society" in hopes of bolstering his economic stewardship credentials.    His platform includes initiatives to help people buy homes, start businesses, hone job skills and set up tax-free retirement and health care accounts - plus a still unspecified tax-code overhaul...
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TAMPA, Fla.  - President Bush said on Friday he  recognized his contentious proposal for personal retirement  accounts was not the only solution to bolster Social Security  but would be part of a broader overhaul of the country's  largest entitlement program.
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President Bush on Tuesday promoted his entire domestic agenda &#151; from a massive Social Security overhaul to a new, austere budget &#151; as changes needed for faster job growth and a solid economic expansion.