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NY Times falsely suggested only Dems refer to GOP plan as "privatization"

September 23, 2008 2:36 pm ET

SUMMARY: In an article, The New York Times suggested that only Democrats use the label "privatization" to refer to proposals like that supported by Sen. John McCain to "invest a portion of their Social Security payroll taxes in stocks and bonds" -- but many Republicans and conservatives, including McCain himself, have used the term "privatization" to describe such a plan for private Social Security accounts.

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