What Would Bush Do?

September 22, 1999

Monday's Washington Times includes an interview with Republican presidential contender George W. Bush, in which the Texas Governor pledges to make Social Security reform a priority of his campaign.

A Bush administration would begin, he says, with the new president "calling the leaders of the Congress to lay out an agenda of why I got elected and explain to members of Congress just what I'd like to see done - we're going to take care of the elderly by reforming Social Security and Medicare."

Bush has spoken in the past in favor of Social Security reform incorporating personal retirement accounts and against any form of payroll tax increase. But now is an opportunity for him to lead by promoting personal accounts incorporating as large a share of the current payroll tax as possible.

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