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The President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security

With ultimate goals of modernization and fiscal solvency, the President's 16-member, bipartisan Commission has submitted three proposals. All recommendations include voluntary personal accounts.

Reports

Interim Report of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security - Released August 2001

Draft Final Report of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security - Released December 11, 2001

Meetings

Watch the video of the Commission's first meeting (July 11, 2001)

Watch the video of the Commission's second meeting [Part 1, Part 2] (July 24, 2001)

Watch the video of the Commission's third meeting (August 22, 2001)

Watch the video of the Commission's fourth meeting (September 2001)

Watch the video of the Commission's fifth meeting (October 2001)

Watch the video of the Commission's sixth meeting (November 2001)

Watch the video of the Commission's seventh meeting (November 29, 2001)

Watch the video of the Commission's final meeting (December 11, 2001)




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  In 1950, there were 16 workers paying Social Security taxes for every retired person receiving benefits. Today there are 3.3. By 2030, there will be only 2.
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"And there are more ideas-driven initiatives to come, including the partial privatization of Social Security, an issue that would still be unthinkable were it not for the relentless agitation of places like the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute."

- The Economist
February 10, 2001