From the WaPo’s recent poll:

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We’ve done an excellent job explaining that private accounts aren’t a solution to Social Security’s economic problems, now we need to broadcast how they’d worsen them. But while we have a task, Bush has a dilemma. His whole spiel on private accounts rests on convincing Americans of a crisis. But Americans don’t believe private accounts will solve the crisis, so his argument is disconnected from his solution. Sucks for him.

We’ve done an excellent job explaining that private accounts aren’t a solution to Social Security’s economic problems, now we need to broadcast how they’d worsen them. But while we have a task, Bush has a dilemma. His whole spiel on private accounts rests on convincing Americans of a crisis. But Americans don’t believe private accounts will solve the crisis, so his argument is disconnected from his solution. Sucks for him.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.