The Gore campaign calls George Bush's programs risky. Privatizing Social Security is a risky scheme.
Tax cuts are risky.
Trusting Americans to spend their own money and take care of themselves is essentially risky, according to Al Gore. One wonders whether the Vice President has ever made a rolling stop, gone swimming within two hours of eating, or popped a candy in his mouth that he found on the floor. But Gore's fear of risk should come as no surprise. Take a look at some of the environmental policies put in place under the Clinton-Gore administration. Becky Norton Dunlop, former Secretary of Natural Resources for the state of Virginia, describes one case in particular in her forthcoming book, Clearing the Air.