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President Bush is always asking <$NoAd$> for credit because he allegedly ran last year on his Social Security phase-out plan. But doesn’t it matter that he called them private accounts over and over again?

From a rally on September 14th of last year …

But we’ve got to worry about the youngsters, our kids and our
grandchildren, when it comes to the solvency of the Social Security
system. That’s why I believe younger workers ought to be able to take some of their own money, set aside a personal savings account that will help Social Security fulfill its promise, a private account that they can call their own, a private account they can pass on to the next generation and a private account that Government can’t take away.

Private accounts today, private accounts tomorra, private accounts foreva …

[ed.note: thanks to this site for the citation.]

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