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As Huckabee Gets Hot, His Social Security Scheme Goes Unexamined

By Douglas Burns 11/8/07

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has proposed a seemingly adventurous Social Security reform: allowing people with a certain level of wealth to take a one-time payout.

“Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, discussed the issue at an AARP forum in Sioux City,” reports The Des Moines Register. “Huckabee proposed giving retirees a one-time Social Security payout.” [...]

With Necktie or Without, Obama Runs the Gamut in Cedar Rapids

By Lynda Waddington 10/30/07

Sen. Barack Obama’s visit to Cedar Rapids Monday, Oct. 29, was an exercise in contrast as the candidate began the day discussing his plans for Social Security and ended it on the MTV/MySpace stage, answering questions from college students.
Liz Belden, an Iowa senior who receives Social Security, was happy to start the day with a [...]

Many Interest Groups Try to Influence the Caucuses, But Do Candidates Listen?

By Gil Cranberg 7/25/07

[Commentary] The presidential candidates converged on Iowa aren’t the only ones to sense opportunity here. Interest groups across the political spectrum see Iowa as the place to meet, greet and lobby the candidates for one cause or another. Even the Des Moines Register wants to capitalize on Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses to plug for an editorial [...]

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