Lemme get this straight: You're claiming that "Bush and his ilk" have taken 80K in SS deductions in just the last 5 years that GWB has had the com, and you didn't lose ANY during the terms of The Bent One, Bush1 or Reagan?
You can't hang it all on GWB.
As for getting your money back; you've got two options:
OPTION 1
Since you're all pi$$ & vinegar over it, you could just pack up your bad self and your 'tude and roll on up to D.C. and ask Congress to give it all back; sort of the "up close and personal" approach.
UPSIDE: You'd see parts of Washington that most tourists don't see.
DOWNSIDE: You'd see parts of Washington that most tourists don't see.
OPTION 2
Keep FReepin' and vote Conservative.
UPSIDE: You won't see any parts of Washington you don't chose to see.
DOWNSIDE: Your grandkids might get your money back instead of you.
No. Where did you get that?
You can't hang it all on GWB.
He's perpetuating the scam. He's continuing the lie that you can "fix" a Ponzi/pyramid scheme. They collapse. That's what scams do.
Bush desperately wants to keep it propped up long enough for the next politician to deal with, instead of being honest with the people who are being ripped off by the politicians.
His problem is that we know we're being ripped off by the politicians. And he's still blathering about it.