Bush Pushes Social Security Reform in Radio Address

In his weekly radio address, President Bush again called for Congress to fix "once and for all," the Social Security system he says will be bankrupt by 2042. Bush said he would listen to any good ideas for reform that did not result in an increase in payroll deduction taxes. "Social Security will go broke when some of our younger workers get ready to retire, and that is a fact. And if you're a younger person, you ought to be asking your elected officials, what are you going to do about it -- because every year we wait, the problem becomes worse for our children," he said. Read the entire address...