Conference on Aging Delegates Don't Like Privatization

Were you aware that the White House Conference on Aging has been going on for several days now? It comes up only once every ten years. You would think that it would be a major story, especially in the wake of President Bush's efforts to create private Social Security accounts and the controversy about the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit. The New York Times reports on efforts at the conference to express opposition to privatization and White House efforts to prevent criticism of administration policy. President Bush was the first president to to snub the White House Conference on Aging by refusing to speak at the Conference.