Or he can just lie again
Social Security Plan May Put Bush in Saddle
An overhaul of the retirement program will be a tough sell, allies say, and Bush needs to ride herd on lawmakers if a bill is to succeed.
By Janet Hook
Times Staff Writer
November 28, 2004
WASHINGTON — If President Bush wants to push an overhaul of Social Security through Congress during his second term, he will probably have to do something he rarely did during his first term — get his hands dirty.
To revamp the popular retirement program, many allies say, Bush will have to offer detailed proposals to Congress and engage in a broad public campaign to justify the changes and its cost. And he will have to ride herd on legislators to ensure they do not veer from his main goal of shoring up Social Security by allowing younger workers to invest some of their payroll taxes in private accounts.
"It's going to take a lot of personal involvement and a lot of political capital," said Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), a proponent of private retirement accounts.
