LAT: Bush Gives Social Security a Summer Break

[DeepModem Mom]

Bush Gives Social Security a Summer Break
The president has eased up on his push for private accounts. Democrats are pleased, but Republicans say the plan isn't dead yet.
By Joel Havemann and Warren Vieth, Times Staff Writers


CRAWFORD, Texas — For presidents, the dog days of summer offer an opportunity to escape the Washington pressure cooker for some real vacation. The summer lull, when Congress slows down and then goes into recess, also allows a president to grab the spotlight and pitch favored proposals with less than the usual flack from political opponents.

This month, President Bush seized both opportunities. He's cut brush and ridden his bike in the relative seclusion of his 1,600-acre property. And he's made short trips around the country to talk about the war in Iraq and other policies — but he's been notably silent on a subject he pushed hard the first half of the year: his Social Security plan for creating private investment accounts.

In July and August, Bush has made one appearance to plug his Social Security proposal, which he's described as the top domestic priority of his second term. In the first six months of the year, by contrast, he made 36 appearances focused primarily on restructuring Social Security — a dozen such events in March alone....


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Some of the most outspoken champions of individual Social Security accounts feel that Bush has abandoned them. Especially unhappy are some of those who have proposed getting the accounts started with the more than $2 trillion in surplus Social Security tax revenue that is expected to accumulate before annual payouts overtake payroll tax revenue in 2017....


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-social27aug27,0,3616342.story?coll=la-home-nation

[sam sarrha]

1. he will give it a .Recess. discontenuation

[leesa]

2. Wasn't he launching a major push for the scam just before summer break?

He announces these major tours to promote junk, does one stop, and then forgets?

[Mel]

3. ummph!

this here
Especially unhappy are some of those who have proposed getting the accounts started with the more than $2 trillion in surplus Social Security tax revenue that is expected to accumulate before annual payouts overtake payroll tax revenue in 2017....


Would be more honest if it said....

Especially unhappy are some of those who have proposed getting the accounts started with the more than $2 trillion in surplus for them (Wall Street) to steal before Social Security tax revenue that is expected to accumulate before annual payouts overtake payroll tax revenue in 2017 reason there would be less booty for them to steal from the working man and woman.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Much to our detriment

The more that shitschlock sells his demented privatization scheme, the less popular it gets. Shit, it's probably gained two points in the polls just by virtue of him shutting the fuck up about it. :rofl:

[barb162]

5. His little break won't last long since one of his major goals

is to break all social programs Americans have been enjoying for decades. His rich buddies need ever bigger tax breaks

[struggle4progress]

6. Oh, good. When he restarts this effort in the fall, his new-found ..

.. credibility and the ever-increasing esteem the American people feel for him should be a BIG help. :evilgrin: