bush (senior): SS privatization a "nutty idea"

From Beat Bush Blog :

GEORGE H.W. BUSH DISAVOWS PRIVATIZATION: ... back in 1987.
Crack TNR editorial assistant Ben Adler recently fished this H.W. Bush quote out of the TNR archives (from the November 23, 1987 issue):

I think it's a nutty idea to fool around with the Social Security system and run the risk of [hurting] the people who've been saving all their lives....It may be a new idea, but it's a dumb one.

For those keeping score, the comment came in response to a question from fellow presidential candidate Pete du Pont during a presidential debate. Du Pont was an advocate of partially privatizing the program.

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First seen at Atrios.
At last! Something that i agree with a bush about! Too bad the son doesn't "honor his father". Yet another commandment that he stomps all over. You would think that the religious "right" would call him on all the commandments that he breaks!