Bush plays dirty tricks with budget and social security

Bush obviously hasn't given up on his obsession with social security privatization; this time he's just trying to do it behind our backs. Check out Allan Sloan in the Washington Post - Dan

Bush's Social Security Sleight of Hand

By Allan Sloan

If you read enough numbers, you never know what you'll find. Take President Bush and private Social Security accounts.

Last year, even though Bush talked endlessly about the supposed joys of private accounts, he never proposed a specific plan to Congress and never put privatization costs in the budget. But this year, with no fanfare whatsoever, Bush stuck a big Social Security privatization plan in the federal budget proposal, which he sent to Congress on Monday.

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