Posted on 06/13/2002 1:37:19 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Social Security's chief executive officer, Jo Anne Barnhart, has remained out of sight in the mounting battle over President Bush's plan to reform the nation's retirement system. But the Democrats' increasingly hysterical charges have compelled her to fire back.
Ordinarily, Mrs. Barnhart has to walk a fine, bipartisan line as the head of the Social Security Administration. While she was appointed by Mr. Bush to run the agency, her sensitive post requires her to stay out of the partisan fray. This is why her cutting loose a volley of criticisms on Mr. Bush's accusers was so surprising when she and I sat down to talk last Friday in her expansive office near Capitol Hill.
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If people only knew how much better and probabaly safer their retirement money would be apart from Social Security, we'd probably see 95% of Americans opting for private retirement accounts. It would probably be closer to 99% percent for people under 30, none of which I know believes they'll see a dime from Social Security.
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