“I will do the best I can to work with Congress to strengthen the system for all; give me a chance to be the President and I will take the issue head on … there’s some serious ideas on the table to how to permanently fix Social Security.”
-President Bush at a Social Security townhall meeting in North Carolina.
“Hey, hey, ho, ho, Social Security’s got to go!”
-College Republicans chanting at a Social Security town-hall meeting organized by Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA).
“The principle here is clear: tax dollars must be spent wisely or not at all.”
-President Bush
“An interceptor missile again failed to launch during a test of the U.S. missile defense system.”
-Reuters, reporting on the Pentagon’s $45 billion
Missile Defense System.
