Dubya Watch |
Saturday, March 02, 2002
This from the man who criticized Al Gore's "fuzzy math." As part if his campaign to overhaul Social Security, Bush delivered a speech where he made this claim: if someone had directed their Social Security taxes into the stock market instead, he would have three times as much monthly retirement income. This is technically true. However: But to get that $3,700 a month, a person would have to invest every penny of his retirement savings or Social Security payroll taxes in the stock market his entire work life. |