Stateside

“Stop saying ‘private.’ It’s ‘personal,’ dammit!”

…Bush and his supporters have started using “personal accounts” instead of “private accounts” to refer to his plan to let younger workers invest part of their [Social Security] payroll taxes in stocks and bonds. Republican officials have begun calling journalists to complain about references to “private accounts,” even though Bush called them that three times in a speech last fall.
The Washington Post

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