Political Conformity on Social Security

A worker who knows Social Security "could run out before they retire," a couple with children who like "the idea of leaving something behind to the family," and a single parent who wants "more retirement options and security" than Social Security offers - all younger than 29. Those are people the White House asked the group Women Impacting Public Policy to recruit for a Rochester, New York event promoting Bush's Social Security plan. The participants in a Wisconsin event last week "appeared to mirror" the same profile, reported the Los Angeles Times. A White House spokesperson said, "Every president ... has used the bully pulpit to talk about their agenda." Barbara Kennelly, a former Democratic Congresswoman who heads the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, said, "It's unfortunate that the president never hears any opposition to a plan that has a lot of opposition."