George W Bush is an addict. He is addicted to federal debt and deficit spending. And the Republican Congress are his pushers. Like all addicts, he tells increasingly extravagant lies to justify each successive fix: the first tax cut, the second tax cut, the third tax cut and this current fourth tax cut (the private accounts plan) were all sold with wonderful sugar-plum fantasies of increased growth, jobs, investment, etc. When the fantasies from the last fix wear off, he just pursues the next fix with increased fanaticism.
This is not about creating an "ownership society". An ownership society is what we were creating under Bill Clinton. Under George W Bush, we are creating a debt & bankruptcy society.
It's time to stop being in denial. It's time to hold an intervention.
How's this frame? Of course, for it to be effective, we Democrats need to propose serious ways to restore fiscal integrity.