Private accounts: does Mr. Bush want them or not?
Associated Press (via Yahoo News):
WASHINGTON -- President Bush encouraged a Republican senator on Tuesday to offer Social Security legislation that would not include private investment accounts. The White House said the president still was committed to allowing workers to invest part of their Social Security taxes.Bush's nod to Utah Sen. Bob Bennett's plan comes as public polls show that most Americans do not support the president's handling of the Social Security issue.
Well of course most Americans don't support the president's handling of Social Security reform. I don't support his handling of it either, even though I support his call for personal accounts. After all, political schizophrenia is hardly commendable:
"This in no way should be interpreted to mean that the president is backing off of personal accounts," White House spokesman Trent Duffy said. "He is not."
Then why signal support for legislation that doesn't include them?