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Topia!: Society: Issues: Economic: Social Security (68)
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 President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security - The Bush Commission's final report details three proposed plans to modernize Social Security by establishing personal retirement accounts.
Social Security Choice and Reform - Cato Institute project promotes privatization of Social Security and presents benefits of moving Social Security funds into private accounts. Social Security Network - Information, news, analysis and expert commentary on the Social Security debate. Sponsored by The Century Foundation, a liberal think tank. National Academy of Social Insurance - The nations leading experts on Social Security, Medicare, and other social insurance programs. It does not lobby or take positions on policy issues. Common Sense on Social Security - Discusses various Social Security reform options. State Opting Out of Social Security? - Should state governments be able to pull their employees out of Social Security? National Organization for Women and Social Security - Women must be particularly wary of the remedies proposed to fix Social Security. NOW opposes privatizing Social Security. Employee Benefit Research Institute's Social Security Links - Links to articles, studies and policy analyses on Social Security reform. International Center for Pension Reform - Promotes the reform of government-run pension systems along the Chilean model of private Retirement Savings Accounts. AARP: Social Security Works - Test your knowledge and find answers to some commonly asked questions about Social Security. Saving Social Security From Congress - For sale: A book explaining the problems of, and solutions for the U.S. Social Security system. Health Care and Social Security - Is Social Security unfair to minorities? Project 21, a leadership network of conservative African-Americans, answers that question and others. Links to policy analyses. Social Security or Social Insecurity - Criticizes Social Security trust funds and the government's borrowing money from Social Security. Argues for privatization of Social Security. Trust Fund Siphon Report - Criticizes the use of Social Security Trust Fund surpluses to fund other government activities. National Center for Policy Analysis - Compare projected Social Security benefits to the benefits of a privatized plan. Just Facts - A Resource for Independent Thinkers - Educate yourself about the largest government program in the world. Raw data and facts on Social Security taxes, benefits, finances, privatization, and related issues. Retiring with Dignity: Social Security versus Private Markets - From the Cato organization. A position paper supporting privatization of Social Security. National Women's Law Center - The answers to frequently asked questions about Social Security issues as they affect women. 2030 Center - Public policy organization for young people. Favors strengthening Social Security for young workers. Third Millennium: Advocates for the Future - Generation X and the Millennial Generation offer solutions to long-term problems including Social Security reform and Medicare reform. Alliance For Worker Retirement Security - Advocates Social Security reform for the benefit of the American worker. Grandfather Social Security Report - Comparison of economic impact of Social Security on today's workers compared to prior generation: hard data in easy-to-understand graphics. Social Security Youthlink - From the official web site of the Social Security Administration: Information on Social Security and other government programs for children, teenagers, parents and teachers. iOptOut.org - Promotes the privatization of the Social Security system in accordance with economic and moral principles. Choose Your Future - Social Security Reform - Social Security is unfair and headed for bankruptcy. Privatization can help Americans build wealth. Concord Coalition - Testimony, statements, assessments of reform proposals, from an organization dedicated to efficient government and preserving Social Security and Medicare. Almanac of Policy Issues: Social Security - Background information and links on Social Security. Office of the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration - Financial history and projections for the Social Security trust funds. Automatic annual increases in Social Security and SSI amounts. 2030 Center - Social Security - How should Social Security be reformed for today's younger workers? Network Democracy - Social Security - Interactive site for discussing options on reforming Social Security. Estelle James - Member of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security, research focuses on social security reform, politics of reform process and administrative costs of individual account systems. The Failed Critique of Personal Accounts - Cato's latest position paper on privatization and the benefits of moving current Social Security system into private pension funds. Urban Institute Focus on Social Security - Privatization debate. Options for administering individual accounts. Save the surplus to save Social Security: What does that mean? Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement - WISER's Social Security factsheet and checklist for working women. Also, is it time for a major overhaul of Social Security? Social Security Information Page - Information and links about Social Security privatization and its importance in President Bush's 2000 campaign for the White House. Employee Benefits Research Institute - EBRI's Social Security research program. Taxes, benefits, private accounts. AFL-CIO on Social Security - Labor's opinion on privatization and other Social Security issues. White House's Social Security Page - President Bush's plan to modernize and reform Social Security. Personal retirement accounts, rate of return on Social Security tax dollars. International Reform Monitor--Bertelsman Foundation - Current issues and reforms in social insurance policy in these countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America. Libertarian Party on Social Security Reform - Libertarian Party favors privately held Social Security accounts. Social Security Reform Center - Without reform, Social Security will have insufficient funds to pay benefits in the future. Can payroll taxes be turned into wealth? Understanding the Issue: Fact Files - Facts about Social Security taxes and benefits and the roots of Social Security's financial difficulties. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - IIASA's social security reform project. Social security reform from an international perspective. Includes issue papers on social security in Austria, China, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine. The Social Security Game - Design your own solutions to Social Security's financial problems with this tool from the American Academy of Actuaries. United Seniors Association - Social Security reform: Why is it needed? Position papers and legislative updates. Institute for America's Future - Social Security Superpage: Key issues, resources. What's new in the debate over Social Security's future. National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare - Seniors group outlines their positions on Social Security and Medicare issues. Team NCPA - Educational effort to promote Social Security reform and personal retirement accounts to the people who will be most affected by reform. Team NCPA is sponsored by the National Center for Policy Analysis. Alliance for Retired Americans - Organization committed to progressive social programs, including Social Security, Medicare and a prescription drug benefit, for retired and disabled Americans and their families. Social Security Choice.org - Social Security Choice wants to allow people to invest their Social Security taxes. Sign the Pledge - Sign the Pledge opposes diverting any Social Security revenues to fund private investment accounts. Social Security for Women - Social Security is more important for women than for men. Find out why from the official web-site of the Social Security Administration. FDR and the Social Security Act of 1935 - What were the intentions of the framers of the U.S. Social Security program? Was Social Security supposed to be just for retirement? Are private retirement accounts a new idea? ATR: Policy Issues: Social Security - Social Security private accounts. Position papers on various Social Security issues. National Center for Policy Analysis - Answers to FAQs about Social Security taxes from a strong advocate of privatization. Heritage Foundation Social Security Calculator - Heritage Foundation's take on the future of Social Security. 60 Plus Association /// Social Security - Conservative non-partisan seniors advocacy group with a free-enterprise, less-government, less-taxes approach to saving Social Security. Cato Social Security Choice Papers - Promoting policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peaceful international relations. Century Foundation Guide to Social Security Reform - Whats right with Social Security? Whats wrong with it? How does the U.S. program compare to programs in other countries? Major reform proposals. NCPA - Publications on Social Security - Non-profit public policy research institute seeking innovative private sector solutions to public policy problems. National Issues - Current policy issues re social security. Coalition to Preserve Retirement Security - State and local government employees should be allowed to preserve retirement security through retirement plans not included under Social Security. Urban CURE - Views on Social Security reform. Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education - The importance of Social Security to African Americans. Fund of National and International Security (Fund NIMB) - From Russia, a public amalgamation which functions in the name of the security of a man, a family, a society, a world community, and nature. National Council of Women's Organizations - Council explains Social Security privatization debate. Plus, Social Security basics. Social Security Programs Throughout the World - Compare the U.S. Social Security system with more than 150 similar programs from six continents.
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