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Angie Paccione Condemns Budget Cuts To Survivor Benefits And Bush Hidden Privatization Plan

Date: Feb. 9, 2006
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Issues: Senior Citizens Entitlements and the Safety Net


For Immediate Release

February 9, 2006
Contact: Gary Chandler (970) 308-0986

Angie Paccione Condemns Budget Cuts To Survivor Benefits And Bush Hidden Privatization Plan

The Latest Bush Special Interest Budget Includes a Proposal to Kill Social Security Survivor Benefits and a Hidden Plan to Privatize Social Security

From a recent news report:

"Last year, even though Bush talked endlessly about the supposed joys of private accounts, he never proposed a specific plan to Congress and never put privatization costs in the budget. But this year, with no fanfare whatsoever, Bush stuck a big Social Security privatization plan in the federal budget proposal, which he sent to Congress on Monday. If this comes as a surprise to you, have no fear. You're not alone. Bush didn't pitch private Social Security accounts in his State of the Union Message last week." [Newsweek, 2/8/06]

(Fort Collins, CO) - In President Bush's new budget there are plenty of cuts to important middle class essentials, but the latest cut is to the Social Security Survivor Benefit. This cut continues the Bush administration's raid on the middle class and could affect hundreds of thousands of families and mean that 16-17 year olds are cut off from benefits in the event of a parent's death. The Survivor Benefit has been around since the beginning of Social Security and plays an important role in allowing kids to pay for college even under the harsh circumstances of losing a parent. Besides the cut in survivor benefits, Bush's budget also includes a Social Security privatization plan that he neither mentioned in the State of the Union, nor previewed as a goal for the coming year.

"This cut is wrong," said Colorado State Representative Angie Paccione. "The Bush proposal to cut Social Security Survivor benefits is a budget cut on the backs of children and their families and yet another nod to special interests. The sneak attack to privatize Social Security is also wrong. We need to stop the George Bush raid on the middle class."

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