Gore did it to himself

[Nathan Newman]

Of course Clinton discussed individual accounts.  He proposed a version
called the USA accounts as a supplement to social security, a very
progressive plan as I noted.  I wish it had been enacted into law.  The key
sentences in the article Doug posted:


>"The administration really took seriously all the options, including
>individual accounts," Liebman said yesterday. He said administration
>officials presented Clinton with four options for revamping Social
>Security, but the White House was not moving toward diverting some
>payroll taxes to private accounts, as many Bush officials prefer.

Note the "not moving toward diverting some payroll taxes"-- so what you got
here is some low level policy aides drawing up options.   Again, the DLC
gets white papers and EPI gets the official Democratic leadership policy.

-- Nathan Newman