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How Women Fare in Social Security Reform

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Rudolph G. Penner
August 5, 2001
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[Indianapolis Star] Women Democratic senators recently sent President Bush a letter decrying his proposal to divert some payroll taxes into individual accounts, on the grounds that women would take a financial beating. Although many feminist groups hold this view, little empirical evidence supports it.

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