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Article: Mr. Clinton's backbone. (president recognizes economic realities of providing Social Security payments to retirees and others) (Editorial)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 1993
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"We don't need to tamper with Social Security... We're not going to fool with Social Security. It's solid. It's secure. It's sound."
--Bill Clinton, Macon, Ga., September 1, 1992
Clinton Considers Curb on Social Security Cost-ofLiving Raises --Washington Post, January 29, 1993
Social Security Won't Be Subject to Freeze, White House Decides New York Times, February 9, 1993
WE ARE are less surprised at the spectacle of President Clinton's lips moving than at the cause: a momentary display of backbone about the coming Social Security crack-up. We salute this unexpected--though, alas, brief--development. Particularly since there was ...