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George Bush hasn't given up on Social Security just yet. It's been hard to miss the Wall Street Journal's Golden Boy, Robert C. Pozen, and his 'Progressive' solution to Social Security's problems, appearing on NPR's 'All Things Considered,' and even getting a solid boost from George W. Bush himself.

Pozen's irreversible ratchet mechanism for forcing the rich and their money out of the Social Security system would not only weaken the system directly, but also indirectly, by converting Social Security into a welfare program and therefore into a big fat juicy target for future race-and-class-based Republican attacks. Bush will try all sorts of subterfuges to break Democratic resistance.

If the front door is locked, try the side window!