One of the things he postulated was allowing us to set aside a portion of our Social Security tax contribution and investing it ourselves. His vision is to have the money invested in extremely conservative securities - bonds, or very safe stocks.

But President Bush didn't mention any provisions to absolutely prohibit you from using the money in that account. PERIOD. NO WITHDRAWALS.

But if this is to replace part of SS, it should be untouchable until you are eligible to collect Social Security.

Shall we see how much we could earn if we did that?

[read on...if you dare...in Taxmama's Tax Insider Blog ]