Forbes to Run Social Security Campaign Ads

November 16, 1999

Social Security will and should be a central issue of the coming presidential campaign; no federal program extracts so much taxes from American workers and no other program is so in need of reform. Presidential candidate Steve Forbes has entered the "air war" of television commercials with an ad promising to give workers the option where "most of your Social Security taxes will be deposited directly into your own private account. The money belongs to you. The government can't touch it."

Other candidates, both Republican and Democrat, should come forward with their own visions for Social Security reform. A vision based on choice, on ownership, on investment and on security will be a winner - both for the candidate who proposes it and for American workers and retirees.

See the presidential candidates' positions on Social Security reform.

2001 Index | 2000 Index | 1999 Index | 1998 Index