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"We should get rid of the capital gains tax but Bush refuses to do so," Forbes said.
Forbes, trumpeting his own plan to privatize social security by giving Americans an option to invest their retirement accounts, criticized Bush for saying he would consider raising the age required to claim Social Security benefits.
"You know that's code for 'we're going to do it,'" Forbes said. When asked how he would respond to critics who wonder what would happen to these private investment accounts if the market were to go down, Forbes said, "'Risky' is Washington talk for 'You're going to...
the notable exception of McCain--attacked frontrunner Bush for his politics and policies. Bauer, comparing the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision to the Dred Scott decision a century earlier, challenged Bush to choose a pro-life running mate. Forbes took aim at Bush's freshly minted economic policy...
One Achilles' heel: Bush will be left open to criticism because he couldn't find room for a capital gains tax cut. "Steve Forbes will attack it as a half-measure, as a tweaking of the system, not an overhaul," says TIME Washington correspondent James Carney. But the bigger problems...