Looks like Bush's private accounts for social security aren't going to make it. Granted, it was never meant to fix SS, but it sure would have helped people in my generation have a little more choice and control over our retirements. Now we won't have that choice. I can't figure out why anyone had a problem with private SS acounts. They weren't going to be mandatory, people could have opted to stick with the government lockbox, the one the Dems say is a trust fund, but in reality is an empty box full of promises left over from people on both sides of the aisle stealing money for pork. The only thing I can think of is that people didn't want to realize in 40 years that their peers who opted to have a private account are secure, while those that were lazy and stuck with the status quo have little money for their retirement. I guess people just wanted protection against their own laziness. Anyway, it's too bad, because I would have liked to have had that money to invest on my own judgement.

The question now is whether the Democrats will allow any changes to their holy Social Security program which is poised to drag our economy in to the gutter, or if they will continue to be obstructionist because they care more about making Bush look bad than actually trying to solve problems. I applaud officials like Bush who look further in to the future than the next election. He knows that SS is going to become a very serious problem, so he's trying to do something about it now. The Dems don't seem to care if there's a problem with SS. They just want their votes, so they work with the AARP to scare old people into thinking Bush is going to take away their SS (which is a complete fabrication), and they get ready for the next election. The ones in office now know they won't be around in a couple of decades when the results of their dissembling come home to roost.