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Another Democrat leaves the Fainthearted Faction: Rep. Ike Skelton (D) of Missouri.

In a letter now going out to constituents he says that Social Security “is a guaranteed insurance policy that must never be weakened by risky privatization plans like the one supported by the Bush Administration … While the proposal is touted as a way to ‘save’ Social Security, private accounts would worsen the program’s fiscal challenges.”

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