Social Security

Divorce and Social Security

The debate over Social Security reform has for the most part ignored the inequities in how the system treats families. These inequities derive from the adjustments that Social Security makes to benefi…
Administering Private Social Security Accounts

As an alternative to the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system, many reform plans would allow individuals to invest a portion of their payroll tax dollars in private investment accounts. Critic…
Should the Federal Government Invest Social Security Trust Funds?

In his State of the Union address, President Clinton proposed that "we commit 60 percent of the budget surplus for the next 15 years to Social Security, investing a small portion in the private sector…
Privatizing Social Security in Latin America

Chile, the first nation in the Western Hemisphere to establish a social security system, was the first nation in the world to privatize its system. Since Chile instituted a privatized system in 1981,…
Investment-Based Social Security Saving Social: Security for Our Parents, for Our Children

The exploding cost of Social Security threatens to become the greatest financial crisis in American history. The unfunded liability of the system is twice as large as our national debt and exceeds the…
Privatizing Social Security

The U.S. Social Security system is broke. It does not have the assets to pay promised benefits. Unless the system is fundamentally changed, solvency will require either massive tax increases for futur…
A 12-Step Plan for Social Security Reform

Social Security privatization is the single most important political reform sweeping the globe today. Following Chile's highly successful move to private pensions in 1981, Argentina, Peru and Colombia…
Can Social Security and Medicare Be Saved?

President Clinton wants to use any possible budget surplus to save Social Security. Republican leaders in Congress want to use any money from a possible tobacco settlement to save Medicare. But neithe…