Snow: Public Skeptical on Social Security

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary John Snow acknowledged Wednesday that the Bush administration has not yet succeeded in selling its plan for Social Security to the American people, and said backers would continue to travel the country educating people about the program's problems, The Associated Press reported.

Snow is traveling this week to Florida to campaign for the Bush plan. He said Wednesday that he understands that Congress has been leery about creating personal accounts as part of Social Security, as Bush has proposed.

"We still have some work to do," Snow said.

He predicted that opinions will change as people learn more.

"We're at the early stages of this education process and engagement process," Snow told reporters. He said the administration is going to "hit this hard" and wants to "get the facts out."

-- NYSSCPA.org News Staff

Posted on 2/23/05