Bush Social Security Privatization

S&P 500 Down 14% Since Bush Took Office -- So Much For Social Security Privatization

Mark Nickolas | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics


Mark Nickolas

If Social Security privatization was in effect when Bush was sworn-in, retirees who invested in the broader market would have seen their nest egg down 14 percent over the last seven-plus years.

Social Security Privatization: McCain's Achilles Heel?

LA Times | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


It was a spectacular flop: a president making dozens of fruitless trips around the country to build support for a plan his own party's leadership refu...