Posted on 06/08/2005 9:28:06 PM PDT by Crackingham
President Bush yesterday said his plan to restructure Social Security would improve the program's long-term stability without shrinking the retirement income of older Americans. But a new Washington Post-ABC News survey found a clear majority of the public does not believe that. The poll found that 56 percent said the president's plan to couple new personal retirement accounts with a reduction in guaranteed benefits for most Americans would cut the overall retirement income of seniors. About a third -- 32 percent -- said Bush's proposals would result in future retirees receiving more money.
More troubling for a president who took a political risk by advocating reductions in future guaranteed benefits for all but the poorest Americans is that an even larger majority said the Bush plan would not fix the system's financial problems. More than six in 10 -- 63 percent -- said the proposals would not improve the long-term financial stability of the Social Security system, while 32 percent said it would.
Yet the findings suggest that Bush's ongoing campaign to win support for his proposals has produced few clear gains for the White House. If anything, his standing with the public on the Social Security issue is lower now than it was in mid-January.
According to the poll, 62 percent of respondents said they disapproved of the way he was handling Social Security, an increase of seven percentage points since January. Fewer than half -- 48 percent -- support a voluntary plan to invest some of their Social Security contributions in the stock market, a key change advocated by Bush, while 49 percent reject private investment accounts, down from 51 percent last month but still a five-point increase since mid-December.
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It's one negative poll after the other....LOL!
The Washington comPost owns Newsweak.......Nuff said
Paid for IN CASH by Phillip Graham delivered by Bob Woodward.
It claims there are guaranteed benefits that will be reduced. There is no such thing as guaranteed benefits. The Supreme Court has already ruled on that. Benefits are determined by congress every year in the budget.
Where in the heck are the commercials explaining and supporting the plan???
They'd actually get an increase in benefits due to the privatization percentage.
The question is invalid. One would have to accept the wrong president.
This is a bogus poll.
PushPollagram for Ben Bradlee. PushPollagram for Ben Bradlee.
"Take this poll and shove it Stop Your other polls, too Stop"
These polls numbers and bias have already been exposed by www.anklebitingpundits.com. As you'd expect from the Washington Post, most everything about this poll is fraudulent.
We've been getting PRO SS reform commercials here, by the Cato organization....they are REALLY Good!
Yeah! Look at what it actually says. It's all democrat talking points. None of it is correct.
Keep it simple and let the workers invest in their own accounts.
About a third -- 32 percent -- said Bush's proposals would result in future retirees receiving more money.
At least a few are aware of compound interest. Liberals always rely on an uneducated and uninformed public.
The only true SS reform is eliminating the Ponzi scheme entirely. Anything else is a lie, all that changes is how blatant a lie we're given.
"with a reduction in guaranteed benefits for most Americans "
HUH? What a fallacy and lie to load on the Bush plan.
pollaganda to get the result they want ...
"Do you want this horrible plan that will make you eat dog food?" "Uh.... I dont know what dog food tastes like" "Let me repeat: This plan will make you die a horrible death, are you for or against it?" "well I dont want to die" "Okay, I'll put you down as against"
Media. Bias. Stinks.
A negative Bush story by Jim VandeHei. What's new?
Most newspapers know enough not to assign the most biased, resentful, partisan guy to write story after story about what a terrible job Bush is doing in his presidency.
That's like paying Helen Thomas each time she submits the same article.
What happens to the money after death is a catching issue. Most people don't know the politicians just keep all their money if they die early.
That's why the teachers union doesn't teach any more. Support school choice.
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