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OpinionMarch 2, 2001

To the editor: In his recent speech, President George W. Bush depicted the earnings of the Social Security Trust fund as being only 2 percent. Actually, the current yield of the bonds in the fund is about 5 to 6 percent. GILBERT DEGENHARDT Cape Girardeau...

Gilbert Degenhardt

To the editor:

In his recent speech, President George W. Bush depicted the earnings of the Social Security Trust fund as being only 2 percent. Actually, the current yield of the bonds in the fund is about 5 to 6 percent.

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GILBERT DEGENHARDT

Cape Girardeau

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