With no risk of inflation or liquidity-crisis-induced market crashes, partial privatization of Social Security might eventually become feasible.

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King Abdullah II has begun some economic reform, including partial privatization of some state-owned firms, which has begun to show results.

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Korea's credit excesses were similarly partly due to the liberalization and partial privatization of a banking system which had formerly been dominated by a handful of state-controlled entities.

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Ryan, the conservative House Budget Committee chairman from Wisconsin, has proposed a partial privatization of the entitlement that would provide government subsidies to help senior citizens pay for coverage they would choose from a list of options.

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He spoke to the Ohio audience about his "compassionate conservative" agenda to help out the less fortunate, rebuilding the morale and strength of the military, and protecting Social Security for current retirees and younger people under his partial privatization plan allowing for some investment in the stock market.

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