President Bush and Senator Kerry state their positions on the privatization of Social Security; Gene Sperling---former head of President Clinton's National Economic Council, and current economic advisor to the Kerry campaign, and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham {Republican} give their views on privatization of Social Security and expand on the presidential candidates' respective positions with Ray Suarez of PBS' Newshour with Jim Lehrer.
PBS' Online Newshour
The Ryan-Sununu plan to overhaul Social Security
"The President is to be congratulated for recognizing the urgency of transforming Social Security into an Ownership Society. IPI stands ready to supply his administration and Congress with the analysis and arguments that will be necessary to accomplish this historic task." ~ Tom Giovanetti President of the Institute for Policy Innovation
"Today’s Social Security faces two serious problems. First, in less than 15 years, the program will begin to spend more in benefits than it takes in from payroll taxes. These deficits will rapidly exceed $100 billion a year and will continue to grow. Second, the current system provides younger and lower-income workers a very poor return on the taxes that they pay. The only way to avoid the coming financial problems without making Social Security an even worse deal for younger and lower-income workers is to establish a system of personal retirement accounts. These accounts would give all workers the flexibility to improve their retirement income above what Social Security will be able to pay or to leave a nest egg to future generations" ~ The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation's Recommendations
Personal Retirement Accounts and Transition Costs
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