On February 20, 2003, President Bush first coined the term Ownership Society while campaigning for more tax cuts. Bush supporters were quick to latch onto this term and expand its meaning.

In the ownership society, patients control their own health care, parents control their own children's education, and workers control their retirement savings.

Five years later we should measure what the "Ownership Society" means in the real world.

"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 Bush, October 2004