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Social Security viewed as the `third rail’ of American politics

The late Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, who was as partisan as Newt Gingrich and proud of it, used to refer to Social Security as “the third rail” of American politics. “Touch it and you die,” the Democratic House speaker would warn his Republican colleagues. Among the… Read More

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Social Security viewed as the `third rail’ of American politics