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Strengthening Social Security
President George W. Bush is greeted to applause as he prepares to address legislators about Social Security at the State House in Columbia, S.C., Monday, April 18, 2005.
President George W. Bush is greeted to applause as he prepares to address legislators about Social Security at the State House in Columbia, S.C., Monday, April 18, 2005.
 
President George W. Bush receives a warm welcome from participants attending a Conversation on Social Security at North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005. President George W. Bush leads the discussion during a Town Hall on Strengthening Social Security at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, Friday, Feb. 4, 2005.
President George W. Bush listens to retired senior citizen Leo Keller during a Town Hall meeting about the strengthening of Social Security at the Montana ExpoPark in Great Falls, Mont., Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005. President George W. Bush autographs mementos after participating in a discussion on strengthening Social Security in Little Rock, Ark., Friday, Feb. 4, 2005.
President George W. Bush shares a laugh with Dr. Jeffery Brown, Assistant Professor of the Finance Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, during a discussion on Social Security reform in Fargo, N.D., Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005. Also pictured, center, is conversation participant Mary Bond, a retired worker. President George W. Bush leads a conversation on Social Security reform in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Feb. 4, 2005. President Bush discussed the role of personal accounts as part of a comprehensive Social Security plan and the need to leave a better future for our grandchildren.
President George W. Bush greets his fellow stage participants during a Town Hall meeting on strengthening Social Security in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005. President George W. Bush participates in a conversation on Social Security reform at Auburn University at Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama on Thursday March 10, 2005.
President George W. Bush talks with his fellow stage participants during his Town Hall meeting on strengthening Social Security in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005. President George W. Bush participates in a conversation on strengthening Social Security at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, March 11, 2005.
Wearing matching of T-shirts, a group of future retirees wave during the President's visit to Shreveport, La., Friday, March 11, 2005. President George W. Bush discusses Social Security in Shreveport, La., Friday, March 11, 2005. "When people -- when a person owns something, they have a vital stake in the future of the country," said the President talking about personal savings accounts.
President George W. Bush and Dawn Baldwin, an English teacher at Lenior Community College in Kinston, N.C., exchange smiles during a town hall meeting on strengthening Social Security in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005. President George W. Bush waves to people in the balconies after participating in a conversation on strengthening Social Security at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, March 11, 2005.
President George W. Bush receives a warm welcome at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, Ky., where he kicks off a two-day trip to promote his plan to reform Social Security Thursday, March 10, 2005. Former First Lady Barbara Bush introduces her son President George W. Bush during a discussion on strengthening Social Security at the Lake Nona YMCA Family Center in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Mar. 18, 2005.
President George W. Bush visits with retirees at The Life Project Senior Development Center in Orlando, Fla., Friday March 18, 2005. President George W. Bush leads the discussion with participants at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum Monday, March 21, 2005. The Denver ‘Conversation on Strengthening Social Security’ was the last of the day in the president’s travels.
President George W. Bush talks about Social Security issues with a group of seniors Monday, March 21, 2005, at the Morris K. Udall Center in Tucson, Az. The recreation center was the president’s first stop on his Arizona visit. President George W. Bush talks with grandmother Margaret Valdez, center, and her granddaughter Jessica Valdez during a Conversation on Strengthening Social Security in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, March 23, 2005.
President George W. Bush talks with senior citizens at the Spring House Family Restaurant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 30, 2005. President George W. Bush talks about Social Security during a visit to Kirtland, Ohio, April 15, 2005.
President George W. Bush is greeted to applause as he prepares to address legislators about Social Security at the State House in Columbia, S.C., Monday, April 18, 2005. President George W. Bush opens the discussion during a roundtable meeting on Strengthening Social Security at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, Tuesday, April 26, 2005. "In 1950, 16 workers were paying for every beneficiary," said President Bush. "Today, there's 3.3 workers for every beneficiary. Soon there's going to be two workers for every beneficiary."
President George W. Bush talks with Yuctan Hodge, 24, during a conversation on Social Security at the James Lee Community Center, Falls Church, Va., Friday, April 29, 2005.

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