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POLITICAL ESSAYS
The Superpower's Stupidity Index
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April 18, 2005
Associated Press
Public Money Funds Social
Security Polls
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"Social Security surveys during
the Clinton and Bush administra-
tions asked people how confident
they were that Social Security
benefits would be there when
they retired.
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"In the first survey, in 1998,
only 11 percent said they were
very confident that Social Se-
curity would be there for them;
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in the 2003 survey,...about 21
percent said they considered it
very likely the benefits would
be paid."
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THE PLASTIC PEOPLE'S
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STUPIDITY INDEX
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HAS DOUBLED
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IN ONLY SIX YEARS!
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Quick! Dig for gold in Iraq.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dy ... ge=printer
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