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Well, George W.Bush wanted to privatize Social Security. It's an ideological thing.

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Oliver Stone
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: September 15
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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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