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Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Social Security debate

Good reading for now, and future reference, on the subject of Social Security reform:

• Richard A. Posner (Univ. of Chicago Law School) on Social Security Reform
• Gary S. Becker (Univ. of Chicago Business School) on "Why I Support a Privatized Individual Account Social Security System"
• FactCheck.Org on Bush's State of the Union: Social Security "Bankruptcy?" (That term could give the wrong idea. Bush also makes private accounts sound like a sure thing, which they are not.)
• FactCheck.Org: MoveOn.org Social Security Ad (Liberal group's ad falsely claims Bush plan would cut benefits 46 percent.)
• FactCheck.Org: Social Security Ads: Risk or Protection? (Pro-Bush group's first TV ad states the problem correctly. But the AARP uses a misleading photo.)
• FactCheck.Org: Does Social Security Really Face an $11 Trillion Deficit? (Bush and Cheney say yes. But actuaries say the figure is "likely to mislead" the public on the system's true financial state.)
• Barack Obama's (U.S. Senator D-Ill.) Retirement Security Plan

It's not easy.

Posted by Marie at February 8, 2005 12:36 AM

Comments

Posted by: Dan at February 8, 2005 1:34 AM