Word: fixes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Bush, as clear an expression of the man he's become and the presidency he guides as anything I've heard in four years. His father tried to shirk the caricature that all he cared about was foreign policy. The son, who came to office, probably figuring he'd fix schools, cut taxes, and get the hell out of Bosnia has found his passion in world affairs, arguably more so than his U.N. Ambassador dad. All the energy was in the back half of the speech-the foreign policy section-and not just because of the electric moment...
...they're simply not trusting of Republicans who seem too eager to overhaul a 70-year-old program that dispenses checks to a sixth of the population. If this were a Clinton proposal, he might have the Nixon-goes-to-China credentials to do it. But Bush offering to fix Social Security is more like McGovern-to-Havana...
...LATHAM 47 - BEAZLEY 45. New Sensation. "I'm the same Mark Latham but I'm in a new role." All my life. "I love the larrikin Australian role, but no more crudity." New politics. "Modern politics is broken, and we need to fix it." Democracy in the raw. "If in doubt, let's have more democracy, more direct voting, more public participation." Town-hall style meetings. Possum Magic. "If we all read books to our infant children, they will be reading themselves by the time they go to school." What did you learn today? "Quality teaching is a passport...
...taking out a little less (smaller benefits). The last major overhaul, in 1983, did a bit of both. The plan favored by Bush would reduce benefits by the amount diverted to private accounts, plus peg benefit growth to prices instead of wages. Here are some alternative answers--a proper fix may need more than...
...typical retirement age was 65 and life expectancy was about 60. The retirement age was changed in 1983 to gradually rise to 67. Because people are living longer, raising it to 70 would better reflect a realistic expectation of working years. Supporters say this is a fix with few costs, but it would have to be calibrated carefully. If you work longer, you could accrue more benefits, although you might have less time to enjoy them...