Originally Posted by
Standing Wolf
I don't recall the particulars, but I remember that Bush 42 attempted to get some kind of change made in how Social Security funds are invested - so that every dollar would be funneled through certain banks, who would take a small percentage of it to do exactly the same job, invest in exactly the same funds, as were being utilized then. It was an obvious gift to a few well-connected financial institutions at the taxpayers' expense and didn't ever come to anything.