Bush's Social Security plan: The fine print

DC clipmonkey expressed support for President Bush's Social Security plan in its broad outlines last week and, on paper, he still does. But Paul Krugman (and DC clipmonkey's girlfriend) has raised some good points about the real motive behind the plan. Is it to starve the program enough to later kill it?

As much as DC clipmonkey abhors President Bush for his favoritism for the wealthy and cavalier attitude about the death penalty and torture, he still, for the moment, believes Bush's proposal is the only realistic one he's heard yet for keeping the program running to the end of this century. The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities begs to differ.