Bush an Armageddon believer

The Age's Terry Lane, in an opinion piece based on a May 2004 Village Voice article, worries that President Bush is heavily influenced by apocalyptic fundamentalist Christians:

If you expect Jesus to come at any minute then the planet has already served its purpose. God provided just enough of everything, from clean air to oil, to last humankind from creation to Armageddon. In fact the degradation of the life systems of the planet is to be welcomed because it is another harbinger of the end of time.

If Bush sees the apocalypse in the near future, why does he want to reform Social Security? You know, why bother when nobody's going to be around to retire anyway?