President George W. Bush, June 17, 2004. We're creating... an ownership society in this country, where more Americans than ever will be able to open up their door where they live and say, welcome to my house, welcome to my piece of property. - President George W. Bush, October 2004. Individuals are empowered by freeing them from dependence on government handouts and making them owners instead, in control of their own lives and destinies. In the ownership society, patients control their own health care, parents control their own children's education, and workers control their retirement savings. - Cato Institute. Many people don't have the time, inclination, or expertise necessary to take full responsibility for their own well-being in areas that are so complex as assuring they have sufficient income for retirement or choosing a health plan appropriate for their circumstances. - Robert Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank. ...the key to health care reform is to restore control to the patients themselves. - John McCain's campaign website, 2008. George Bush called this the ownership society, but what he really meant was 'you're-on-your-own' society. - Barack Obama, 2008. References External links Fact Sheet: America's Ownership Society: Expanding Opportunities - White House press release 9 August 2004 Cato Institute page Ownership Society Institute Naomi Klein. 2008. Disowning the ownership society. The Nation, Feb. 18. Online at Disowned by the Ownership Society Frank Luntz. 2006. The New American Lexicon. (produced for republican Congressional candidates for the 2006 elections). Accessible online at . Paul Glastris. 2005. Bush's ownership society: Why no one's buying. Washington Monthly, December. Online at Mark Weisbrot. 2005. Owning up to the ownership society. Miami Herald, Mar 26. Online at . Bill Grigsby. 2005. Who owns the ownership society? Scoop, March 10. Online at Bill Grigsby: Who Owns The Ownership Society? | Scoop News Joy-Ann Reid. 2005. The 'you're on your ownership society.' CommonDreams.org, Feb 9. Online at Robert Reich. 2004. What ownership society? TomPaine.com, Sept. 2. Online at Zachary Karabell, Oct 11, 2008. "End of the ‘Ownership Society’", NEWSWEEK, online at Michael & Susan Klonsky, 2008. Small Schools: Public School Reform Meets the Ownership Society.(Routledge) Small Schools: Public School Reform Meets the Ownership Society, 1st Edition (Paperback) - Routledge Schooling in the Ownership Society blog. Schooling in the Ownership Society American political catchphrases American political neologisms Society Property