This is nice to see, from the Sheboygan Press:

Locally, president’s plan backed

President George W. Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security and his call to cut back on dependence on foreign oil, which the president talked about during a nationally televised press conference Thursday evening, were well received locally.

“I think the Social Security plan he put forward is very, very positive,” said Ugene Anderson of Sheboygan. “It’s a good plan, but like everything going on in Washington (D.C.) now, it is so highly politicized that it’s just hard to sort out.”

Bush is calling for the creation of private investment accounts to allow people to control part of their Social Security benefits.

Dick Toth Sr. of Sheboygan said Bush is on the right track with his Social Security plan.

“We’re going to be in bad shape because all the people putting their money in it now will get nailed at the other end,” said Toth, 74.

Betty Schudt of the Town of Sheboygan said Bush could have given more details on how the Social Security proposal will work.

“The Democrats keep scaring the senior citizens,” said Schudt, 73. “Well, that’s not going to affect the people who are getting Social Security now. It just upsets me that they’re doing that, but they do that all the time.”

Good to see these senior citizens looking to the future like that. They may not even be around anymore by the time Social Security goes into the red. They almost certainly won't be by the time it goes broke. But they realize it's their kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids who are going to be hurt the most by simply maintaining the status quo.