Salon - Bush's Dirty Little Secret - http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/02/03/social_security_plan/index_np.html Here's what the president didn't say in his State of the Union address: his plan to privatize Social Security will be hugely expensive and will make the average worker worse off.
Salon - Social Absurdity - http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/1999/07/20/privatization/ The push to entrust the rapacious financial industry with Social Security money is being led by a former advisor to murderous Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Business Week - Why Private Accounts Are Bad Public Policy - http://www.businessweek.com/cgi-bin/register/archiveSearch.cgi?h=05_14/b3927030_mz007.htm Author Robert Barro examines the Bush proposals on Social Security and finds it is a needless complication that will makes things worse. [Free registration required.]
Business Week - Whose Social Security Stash Is It? - http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2005/nf2005028_8485_db045.htm Essay exploring how money put into a private account won't really belong to people in the way a paycheck does.
Rolling Stone - The Fake Crisis - http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/6822964?rnd=1105925428234&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.872 Economist Paul Krugman explains Bush's argument to privatize social security as a swindle that will cost Americans trillions of dollars.
Los Angeles Times - The Meathead Proposition - http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-oe-kinsley13feb13,0,7984285.column?coll=la-sunday-commentary Asserts the logic on privatization fails because Bush assumes one thing to claim there is a problem, and then something different to claim he has the solution.
Chicago Sun-Times - Social Security Plan an Ideological Crusade - http://www.suntimes.com/output/orourke/cst-edt-rour13.html Editorial by William O'Rourke finding stark contradictions in Bush's plan and sees his attempt as an ideological battle seeking victory instead of an economic one seeking a solution.
Cato Social Security Choice Papers - http://www.cato.org/pubs/ssps/sspstudies.html Collection of libertarian essays that advocate and analyze privatizing Social Security.
Social Security Information Page - http://userdata.acd.net/demarco.chris/sspriv.htm Information and links about Social Security privatization in the context of President Bush's 2000 campaign for the White House.
Citizens for a Sound Economy - http://www.cse.org/informed/key_template.php?issue_it=15 Advocating in favor of individual private accounts.
Americans for Tax Reform - http://www.atr.org/national/issueareas/socialsecurity/ Articles advocating privatization and personal accounts.
Estelle James - http://www.estellejames.com Research and advocacy on the subjct of Social Security reform, with a focus on privatization.
Arguments Outline: The Social Security Debate - http://politics.ryanrenn.com/social_security.htm Outlines and elaborates arguments advocating privatization of Social Security system.
Would Private Accounts Provide A Higher Rate Of Return Than Social Security? - http://www.cbpp.org/6-2-05socsec.htm Examines the economic analysis made by proponents of President Bush's privatization plan and finds several of Bush's assumptions and conclusions to be misleading or erroneous. From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
White House's Social Security Page - http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/social-security President Bush's plan to reform Social Security. Personal retirement accounts, rate of return on Social Security tax dollars.
National Center for Policy Analysis - http://www.ncpa.org/pub/sos.html Non-profit public policy research institute advocating private sector solutions.
Institute for America's Future - http://socialsecurity.ourfuture.org/ Arguing for the continuation of Social Security without privatization, with guide to issues, news, and resources.
Social Security: Bush's Lies vs. Reality - http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/social_security_lies.htm Comments on several claims by Bush as to why privatization is needed, and finds Bush is being dishonest, or giving the wrong causes to the actual problems. Includes extensive graphs and charts.
Economic Policy Institute - Pulling a Fast One? The Facts About Social Security - http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/socialsecurity/spriggs.naacp.crisis.20050304.pdf Looks at the Social Security debate largely from an African-American perspective and examines what it is, its actual purpose, sovency, and President Bush's proposals to change it.
International Center for Pension Reform - http://www.pensionreform.org/ Promotes the reform of government-run pension systems along the Chilean model of private savings accounts.
60 Plus Association - Social Security - http://www.60plus.org/socialsecurity.asp Conservative seniors advocacy group advocating personal, private savings accounts.
Z Facts - Social Security FAQ - http://zfacts.com/p/784.html Asks if Social Security really is in trouble, why it is important, and who wants to privatize it.
Save Social Security - http://www.savessi.com/ Advocating the transition of Social Security into a totally privatized program. From Vutec Corporation.
Gambling With Your Retirement - http://www.pkarchive.org/column/020405.html New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman reads through the rhetoric and finds the privatization scheme is really a government loan that may leave retirees with little or nothing.
National Center for Policy Analysis - http://www.teamncpa.org/ Arguing for changes in indexing and private accounts in the reform of Social Security.
UAW Region 8 - Save Social Security - http://www.uawregion8.net/Departments/CAP/Social-Security/ss-index.htm Statement from the United Auto Workers Union arguing that privatization is detrimental to workers, costing trillions of dollars and requiring massive cuts in benefits.
Don't Privatize Social Security - http://www.aflcio.org/socialsecurity/ The AFL-CIO labor union's opinion on privatization and other Social Security issues.
Social Security Matters - http://www.socialsecuritymatters.org/ Designed to be a resource for women on what Social Security is, its importance, and the debate to privatize the program. From the Older Women's League.
Women and Social Security - http://www.womenandsocialsecurity.org/ Resource on women's economic security, and especially the in retirement and the possible effects of Social Security privatization on women. From the Institute for Women's Policy Research.
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