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Privatize Social Security Now

… may lose their financial security if major changes are not … to America’s outdated Social Security system. Current estimates … less than fifteen years, Social Security will no longer collect … alternative to the federal Social Security system. Privatizing Social Security—allowing individuals and …

Pension Underfunding Has a Cause — But it is Not Smaller Workforces

Pensions do not operate like Social Security

… Systems like MSERS run on the same logic as Social Security: the promise of a secure retirement is kept, … pension funds do not, in fact, operate like Social Security. When a worker earns a pension, his or her … pension that worker earns. In contrast, Social Security payments go to current retirees. This is a …

Medicaid Now a 'Reform-Proof' Entitlement

Imposing 'healthy behavior' conditions on Social Security next?

… call being “on welfare.” It's an entitlement, just like Medicare and Social Security. In contrast, since 1996, cash welfare benefits no longer are an entitlement. … Legislature tried to impose healthy behavior conditions on middle class Social Security and Medicare recipients. If Obamacare survives, then all the above …

How Social Security Digits Could Decide an Ann Arbor Teacher Layoff

… to determine tiebreakers when deciding which teachers to lay off: Social Security numbers. Public schools generally use seniority when making layoff … accrued, the union contract states the last four digits of the teachers’ social security numbers must be used to break the tie. The lower number has the most …

Saving Retirement in Michigan

Responsible Alternatives to Social Security

Social Security is going bankrupt, threatening the financial security of Michigan citizens. Retiring … America by 2015, when Social Security will no longer collect … recipients. Privatizing Social Security-allowing individuals to … government systems, including Social Security's paltry 2.2 percent annual …

Retirement Planning for Social Security

… Responsible Alternatives to Social Security," a Mackinac Center Policy Study. Social Security’s 70th birthday was Sunday, … Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, declaring … Americans believe that their Social Security taxes go into an account … millions of citizens’ retirement security by turning to private investment …

How to Make Social Security Secure for More Americans

… commission on reforming Social Security issued an interim report … in Washington, D.C., Social Security as currently constituted … also points out that Social Security is an especially bad deal … the poor in general. Social Security expert William Beach of … or below in expected Social Security returns among the 50 states. …

Social Security Privatization

Can Social Security be privatized? What is your opinion of the subject? Yes. Social Security can be privatized. In … following facts: 1. Social Security is a pay-as-you-go retirement … cents on the dollar). 4. Social Security taxes have increased from … market, instead of government securities. While I was happy to hear …

How Secure Is Social Security?

Social Security is going broke. The federal government’s largest … threaten the future retirement security of today’s young workers. … the 1997 report of the Social Security system’s Board of Trustees, … 15 years from now, the Social Security system will begin to run … things balanced. For Social Security, that means either higher …

Private Investments Would Increase Retiree Benefits

Legislature Should Ask Congress to Let Workers Invest Social Security Taxes

… invest a portion of their Social Security taxes, according to a … current 5.26-percent Social Security retirement payroll taxes … opt out of the federal Social Security program and design a better … are considering them. Social Security will collect less in taxes … dropping. Ways to keep Social Security solvent include raising …