IN BRIEF
Bruce Miller memorial
to be held Saturday
A memorial service for former cam
pus-area icon Bruce Miller will be held
Saturday at the Veterans’ Memorial
Building from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Miller, who was 62 years old and
had been a campus- and community
area activist for decades, died in his
home April 26 of a heart attack.
Those who knew Miller are wel
come to bring mementos and to share
stories of his life.
The Veterans’ Memorial Building is
located at 1626 Willamette St.
20th-anniversary edition
of book reviewed today
A review of the newest edition of
the book “They Dare to Speak Out:
People and Institutions Confront Is
rael’s Lobby,” about intimidation of
public officials by members of the Is
raeli lobby, will take place today in
127 Chiles Business Center.
The newest edition of Paul Find
ley’s book comes on the 20th an
niversary of its first release. Former
University staff member George
Beres will be reviewing the book.
The meeting starts at 4 p.m. and is
open to the public.
— Jared Paben
Poll: Most people
wary of giving up
security benefits
BY WILL LESTER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Most
people say they are not willing to
give up some of their Social Security
benefits as President Bush has pro
posed to save the poor from having
their payments cut.
About 70 percent of people sur
veyed believe Bush’s warning that
Social Security is running out of
money. But most also say they do
not like the way the president is
handling the issue, according to an
AP-Ipsos poll.
“I’m very concerned that Social
Security will run out of money,” said
Cindy Smith, a 47-year-old Republi
can from Las Vegas who had reserva
tions about giving up her benefits to
protect the poor. “I would have to
have more information about who
those worthy lower-income people
are. We’re all here to help one anoth
er, but I’d need more information.”
Many people are resistant to
Bush’s proposal to have future re
tirees who are in the middle- and
higher-income classes accept small
er benefit checks than they are now
set to receive in order to protect the
benefits of the poorest Americans.
The president says younger work
ers in particular can offset
the loss with proceeds from the pri
vate investment accounts he wants
to establish.
Bush has said the current program
will not change for workers age 55
and older.
The poll, conducted for The Asso
ciated Press by Ipsos-Public Affairs,
found that 56 percent of respon
dents are not willing to give up
some guaranteed benefits, while 40
percent said they would. Majorities
of Democrats, Republicans and in
dependents were opposed to losing
any benefits.
“If I was guaranteed that the poor
would get what they’re supposed to,
that would be fine, but I’m not sure
they would,” said Margaret Nor
mandin, an 80-year-old Democrat
from Laconia, N.H.
A majority of those making
$75,000 or more said they would be
willing to forfeit some benefits.
Younger adults were more likely than
older adults to favor an approach
giving up some benefits while pro
tecting the poor.
“That would be all right,” said
Rich Culbert, a 31-year-old engineer
who lives near Rochester, N.Y. “But
that’s just me not expecting Social
Security to be there. ”
There generally is little public sup
port for giving up benefits or paying
higher taxes as a way to address So
cial Security’s financial problems.
“We all want to fix the problem,
but we don’t want to pay much for
] AP-IPSOS POLL [
Wary of president
More than half of people polled
disapprove of how President
Bush is handling Social Security.
When it comes to Social
Security, do you approve,
disapprove or have mixed
feelings about the way President
Bush is handling the issue?
2% Mixed 60%
NOTE: Poll of 1,000 adults conducted
between May 2-4; margin of error ±3.1
percentage points
SOURCE: Ipsos-Public Affairs for AP
it,” said Charles Franklin, a political
science professor at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison who closely fol
lows public opinion. “We want the
wealthy to pay for it.”
Celinda Lake, a Democratic poll
ster, said persuading the middle class
to give up benefits is a hard sell.
“The middle class feels like it’s
barely holding on,” she said. “And
Social Security is perceived to
be the original middle-class support
program.”
One of the only proposals that gets
support in polls is raising the
$90,000 limit on earnings that can be
taxed for Social Security. Bush has
suggested he might consider this
step, which is opposed by many con
servatives, including House Majority
Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.
Republican pollster Whit Ayres,
who has done extensive survey work
on Social Security, said raising the cap
would hurt small-business owners.
When asked whom they trust
more to handle Social Security, 48
percent of respondents said Democ
rats and 36 percent said Republicans.
The president still faces strong op
position to his approach to Social Se
curity, with 60 percent of those sur
veyed saying they disapprove. Even
some who back his approach
express doubts.
“1 approve — except that he’s not
getting anywhere,” said John Rose, a
Democratic-leaning retiree from Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. “He should be doing
a better job of selling it.”
The AP-Ipsos poll of 1,000 adults
was taken May 2-4. It has a margin
of sampling error of plus or minus 3
percentage points.
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