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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - President Bush insisted Wednesday that public opinion is leaning his way on his proposal for a Social Security overhaul and hinted at political problems for lawmakers who oppose him.
"Notwithstanding a host of recent polls showing waning public support for his proposal, Bush cited only the part of the surveys that shows the public is — as it long has been — aware of the program's long-term fiscal problems. He only implicitly acknowledged the lingering skittishness among congressional Republicans — and outright opposition from most Democrats — for his proposal to allow younger workers to use a part of their Social Security payroll taxes to set up private retirement accounts."
What a fool.
""To answer the question of the skeptics, we do have a serious problem," Bush said in an interview aired on WMT AM radio here and on WHO NewsRadio in Des Moines. Bush conducted the interview at a local diner, the Spring House Family Restaurant. "Now is the time to fix it," Bush said, "and I think there is a political price for not getting involved in the process. I think there is a political price for saying, `It's not a problem, I'm going to stay away from the table'."
In other words, do what we tell you or we'll take your balls and go home.
"Notwithstanding a host of recent polls showing waning public support for his proposal, Bush cited only the part of the surveys that shows the public is — as it long has been — aware of the program's long-term fiscal problems. He only implicitly acknowledged the lingering skittishness among congressional Republicans — and outright opposition from most Democrats — for his proposal to allow younger workers to use a part of their Social Security payroll taxes to set up private retirement accounts."
What a fool.
""To answer the question of the skeptics, we do have a serious problem," Bush said in an interview aired on WMT AM radio here and on WHO NewsRadio in Des Moines. Bush conducted the interview at a local diner, the Spring House Family Restaurant. "Now is the time to fix it," Bush said, "and I think there is a political price for not getting involved in the process. I think there is a political price for saying, `It's not a problem, I'm going to stay away from the table'."
In other words, do what we tell you or we'll take your balls and go home.
