"Clinton Leads Toward a Plan to Invest Some Soc. Sec. Taxes in Ma rket"

Max Sawicky sawicky at epinet.org
Thu Dec 10 11:37:34 PST 1998



> "Organized labor and many liberal Democrats favor government investment
> because the proceeds could be used to bolster the current system of
> guaranteed payments. However, critics argue that the government would

The WSJ is inaccurate here. "Organized labor" has taken no formal position on the stock purchase, and in fact many AFL affiliates oppose it. All of labor is opposed to the individual accounts, a different matter.

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