Summary: The Raw Deal E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Political Book Summaries
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 20

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

The must-read summary of Joe Conason's book: “The Raw Deal: How Bush Republicans Plan to Destroy Social Security and the Legacy of the New Deal”.

This complete summary of "The Raw Deal" by Joe Conason, an American journalist and political commentator, presents his examination of the Social Security system, the Bush Republicans' proposed reforms and Americans' response to these proposals. He explains how Bush favours privatization and corporate interests, and how this scandal can be stopped.

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To learn more, read "The Raw Deal" and discover how privatization and corporate interests threaten the Social Security system.

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Book Presentation: The Raw Deal by Joe Conason

Book Abstract

According to Conason, George W. Bush and other advocates for privatization have fostered an inaccurate portrayal of Social Security, claiming it is in its death throes, almost bankrupt and in urgent need of “saving.” What they really want is to abandon Social Security in favor of privatization, despite the fact that the proposals for privatization created thus far are based on the contradictory assumptions of the economy declining in the future and the market simultaneously trending upwards. In fact, Social Security’s estimated shortfall over the next 75 years is smaller than the cost of Bush’s tax cuts and prescription drug benefit and may need no change at all. The Raw Deal examines the Social Security system, the proposals for change and the American public’s response to these proposals.

About the Author

Joe Conason is a national correspondent for the New York Observer and writes a weekly column distributed by Creators Syndicate. Conason is also the investigative editor for The American Prospect magazine and a columnist for Salon.com. His reporting has appeared in such publications as Harper’s, The Nation and The New Republic.

Summary of The Raw Deal (Joe Conason)

Introduction

In marketing, successful sales campaigns revolve around creating a sense of urgency – “Buy now before it’s too late!” – or manufacturing a sense of opportunity by declaring something to be “new and improved.” George W. Bush’s sales force has used these same techniques to win elections and drive policy. He won the Presidency in 2002 as a new and improved “compassionate Conservative.” Two years later, Bush’s chief of staff explained how war could be “rolled out”; we had to invade Iraq “before it was too late” to prevent catastrophe. Today, Republican pitchmen are applying the same approach in their quest to destroy Social Security. President Bush and his conservative allies tell us of the “new and improved” version of Social Security and warn us that we must buy their plan before it’s too late.