Fwd: 1999-04-23 Statement by the President on Social Security

[Doug Henwood]

[So the Reps, having read the polls, decide to give up on Social Security
"reform," and Clinton complains about it! Triangulating bastard.]

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:12 -0400
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Subject: 1999-04-23 Statement by the President on Social Security
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 President, Principal-Statement, Social, Topical-Remarks

                            THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 23, 1999

                       STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

     I am deeply disappointed by reports that the Congressional
Republican leadership has abandoned the effort to enact legislation this
year to strengthen Social Security for the 21st Century.

     We have an obligation to ensure that Social Security is safe and
strong not only for today's seniors but for our children and future
generations as well.  The American people expect us to meet this
fundamental challenge.  Instead, just one week after passing a budget
that promises a massive $800 billion tax cut, the Republican leadership
is sending a message that Congress is either unable or unwilling to face
up to the challenge of strengthening Social Security.

     That is not acceptable, and I urge the Republican leadership to
reconsider its opposition to acting on Social Security this year.  I
have proposed concrete steps to bolster Social Security and offered time
and again to work with the Congress in a bipartisan way to make the
tough choices needed to secure the Trust Fund over the long term.
Republican leaders have yet to consider my proposals or advance any of
their own.

     Our economy is the strongest it has been in a generation.  Now is
the time to strengthen Social Security for the future.  I remain
committed to working with members of Congress of both parties who are
committed to enacting comprehensive Social Security legislation this
year.  We can and must accomplish this critical goal for the American
people.

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