Remember back when Bush proposed letting SS recipients put 10% of the money paid into SS could be used to invest in government approved programs thereby increasing the amount of monthly payments they’d receive at retirement. Remember how the Democrats howled? Showed pictures of granny being pushed down the stairs; how after Bush’s SOTU speech on this the Democrat response was to gather around a statue of FDR and put out a sorrowful pitiful response?
I do remember several proposals Bush put forward that were shot down by the Dems with lies and theater, aided by big media.
I thought putting forward an ownership society, reducing dependence on ME oil, and (as you say) begining to invest in alternative vehicles with SS money were all great ideas that could have been part of GWB’s legacy.
Why the Bush people and the RNC allowed them to get away with it is beyond me. Very infuriating.
by allowing ‘them’ to get away with it, I mean the Democrats
I seem to remember 2% ... but it doesn't matter ... my memory sucks and the idea was terrific