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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob Weisberg
Updated Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at 11:05 AM ET

"We got people working all their life at hard work, contributing by payroll taxes into a Social Security system."—Washington, D.C., May 13, 2005

Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 32:34.

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Jacob Weisberg is editor-in-chief of the Slate Group and author of The Bush Tragedy.
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