That, once you cut through all the fine phrases about an "ownership society," is how the Bush privatization plan works.

President Bush believes in an "ownership" society, which means that except for the wealthy, you're on your own.

"It doesn't fit very well with their vision of the ownership society."

The public isn't taken with the vision of an "ownership society"; it seems to want more, not less, social insurance.

Is this a way to encourage savings and the ownership society?

This is the health care version of the president's "ownership society."

For many Americans, the ownership society already involves a host of complex decisions.

Maybe this was what was meant by the ownership society.

This is what an ownership society means: we are each of us on our own.

"I buy the idea of an ownership society," he said.