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Kirk Watson: “I lost $90,000 in the stock market. The privatization program will only make stockbrokers richer. It is the stupidest…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2005
I lost $90,000 in the stock market. The privatization program will only make stockbrokers richer. It is the stupidest thing that President Bush has done. Please stop President Bush from privatizing Social Security. I have paid into Social Security since it started and before I was to vote. I am now 89 years old and a widow. My husband has been deceased for 10 years, and his pension just expired. I am dependent solely on Social Security. It is unacceptable to pull the rug out from under our senior citizens.
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Kirk Watson
Texas

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Discussing concerns about Social Security privatization during a speech in Congress.

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