Bush's performance came straight from the right-wing playbook for the attack on Social SecurityThe Rich Are Behind Trust Fund Myth: "he staged a photo-op pilgrimage to the four-drawer cabinet in the Parkersburg facility in which the trust fund's bond certificates are filed and briefly riffled through the pages. Then, smirking inanely for an audience of handpicked supporters, he ridiculed the idea that 'the retirement security for future generations is sitting in a filing cabinet.'

'There is no 'trust fund,' ' he added, 'just IOUs.' "