October 22, 2010
YOU KNOW YOUR PRESIDENCY WAS A SUCCESS...:
George W. Bush regrets not reforming Social Security (SIMMI AUJLA, 10/22/10, Politico)
Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that his biggest failure in office was not reforming Social Security.Speaking to a trade association in Chicago, Bush said that he “would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities and was willing to live by those priorities,” according to the Chicago Tribune.
The president aggressively pushed a plan in 2005 that would have allowed younger workers to invest part of their Social Security tax payment in private accounts that would make money off stocks, bonds and other investments. But his proposal never gained traction even in his own party, with Congress never bringing his plan to the floor for a vote.
...when you just wish you'd gone even further.
