Daily Commentary 2001

December 21, 2001:
A Chilling View of the Future

December 20, 2001:
Young People Offer Support for Social Security Reform:

December 19, 2001:
White House Restates Support for Individual Accounts

December 18, 2001:
Shaw Introduces Reform Legislation

December 17, 2001:
Commission Endorses Individual Accounts, Calls for "Year of Debate"

December 14, 2001:
Upcoming Events

December 13, 2001:
Railroad Retirement Bill Passes

December 12, 2001:
New Cato Study: Privatization Would Help Poor

December 11, 2001:
White House: Bush Will Push for Individual Accounts

December 10, 2001:
Poll Shows No Decline in Support for Individual Accounts After September 11

December 7, 2001:
Upcoming Events

December 6, 2001:
Senate Republicans Suggest Payroll Tax Holiday

December 5, 2001:
Kolbe, Stenholm Say "No Plan, No Play"

December 4, 2001:
Lindsey Says Bush Still Committed to Individual Accounts, Sees Action in 2003

December 3, 2001:
Commission Unveils Options for Individual Accounts

November 30, 2001:
Upcoming Events

November 29, 2001:
Dow Bounces Back

November 28, 2001:
The Third Rail Fails Again

November 27, 2001:
Scholars Tell China to Privatize Its Pension System

November 13, 2001:
The Guiding Principles of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security

November 12, 2001:
Commission Will Propose Options for Creating Personal Investment Accounts Within a Retirement System

November 9, 2001:
Upcoming Events

November 8, 2001:
Blackwell to Speak at Conference on "African Americans and Social Security"

November 7, 2001:
Final Preparations for Conference on China Pension Reform

November 6, 2001:
Administration Sees 2003 Push for Social Security Reform

November 5, 2001:
Farewell to the "Lockbox"

November 1, 2001:
Upcoming Events

October 31, 2001:
Investors Not Worried About Market Risk

October 30, 2001:
New Cato Study Looks at Social Security Reform Around the World

October 29, 2001:
Black Chamber of Commerce, Cato Host Conference on African-Americans and Social Security

October 26, 2001:
NCPA Offers Reform Proposal

October 25, 2001:
Santorum, Voinovich, DeMint Introduce Benefit Guarantee Legislation

October 24, 2001:
Pro-Privatization Activists Vow Continued Push for Reform

October 23, 2001:
Commission Report Will Not Be Delayed

October 22, 2001:
Commission Resumes Hearings: Experts Debate Privatization

October 19, 2001:
Military Personnel Now Eligible for TSP

October 18, 2001:
From Canada: A Cautionary Tale on Government Investing

October 17, 2001:
Rumor Control: Moynihan Not Leaving

October 16, 2001:
Cato Scholar to Testify at October 18 Commission Meeting

October 12, 2001:
Upcoming Events

October 11, 2001:
DeMint Plan Revised to Give More Investment Options

October 10, 2001:
Commission Report May Be Delayed

October 9, 2001:
New Cato Study: Criticism of Commission Unfounded

October 8, 2001:
New Cato Calculator Released

October 5, 2001:
Social Security Privatization and the Economy

October 4, 2001:
Privatization and A Down Market

October 3, 2001:
Republican Leadership Eyeing DeMint Plan

October 2, 2001:
Finance Committee Reschedules Hearing for Social Security Commissioner

October 1, 2001:
Comission to Meet October 18

September 25, 2001:
Privatization and a Down Market

September 21, 2001:
Privatization Opponents Support Tax Hikes, Government Investing

September 20, 2001:
Social Security Fight to Go On

September 19, 2001:
Hearing Set for Social Security Nominee

September 17, 2001:
Commission Hearing Postponed

September 14, 2001:
Condolences

September 7, 2001:
Lindsey on Social Security Privatization, the Economy, and the Trust Fund

September 6, 2001:
Surplus Argument Continues

September 5, 2001:
Pollster Rasmussen Says Public Supports Social Security Choice

September 4, 2001:
Social Security Commission To Hear From All Sides

August 31, 2001:
Shrinking Surplus Revives Lock Box Debate

August 30, 2001:
Fight Over Social Security Nominees Brewing

August 29, 2001:
Bush Renews Support for Individual Accounts

August 28, 2001:
Former Cato VP Lea Abdnor Named to Comission

August 27, 2001:
Commission Focuses on Viability of Individual Accounts

August 17, 2001:
Upcoming Events

August 16, 2001:
Anti-Privzatization Groups Marking Big Bucks on Social Security Debate

August 15, 2001:
Cato's Social Security Efforts in Spotlight

August 14, 2001:
Democrats Given Anti-Privatization Prep Kits

August 13, 2001:
Union Poll Shows Privatization Gaining Support

August 10, 2001:
Railroad Retirement Bill Revised, Advances

August 9, 2001:
New Study: Stock Market Less Risky Than Social Security

August 8, 2001:
Kolbe, Stenholm Introduce Bipartisan Reform Bill

August 7, 2001:
Saving, Mitchel on the "Trust Fund"

August 6, 2001:
Cato Scholar Tells Congress Chilean System Offers Model for Reform

August 3, 2001:
Privitazation Foes Push Government Investment

August 2, 2001:
Breaux, Gregg Offer Bipartisan Principles for Reform

August 1, 2001:
20 Democrats Back Commission in House Vote

July 31, 2001:
Cato Forum Examines Interim Report

July 30, 2001:
Comission Defends Interim Report

July 27, 2001:
Tidbits from AARP

July 25, 2001:
White House: Women, Minorities Will Benefit From Privatization

July 24, 2001:
Social Security Advisory Board: "Act Now!"

July 23, 2001:
Commission's Interim Report Says Social Security Facing Crisis

July 21, 2001:
Mitch Daniels: Lock Box is Silly Idea

July 20, 2001:
Social Security Subcommittee to Hold Hearings on Foreign Social Security Reform

July 19, 2001:
401(k) Declines No Reason to Worry About Privatization

July 18, 2001:
Munnell Pushes Government Investing

July 17, 2001:
...And Matsui Responds

July 16, 2001:
Armey Warns of Social Security Crisis...

July 13, 2001:
Upcoming Events

July 12, 2001:
Journal Columnist Misses Point

July 11, 2001:
The "Lock Box" Won't Die

July 10, 2001:
Cato Plans Social Security Conference in China

July 9, 2001:
Former Officials: Clinton Planned Individual Accounts

July 6, 2001:
New Publications

July 5, 2001:
Washington Post Traces Privatization's Roots

July 3, 2001:
O'Neill, Democrats Clash Over Trust Fund

July 2, 2001:
Poll: Americans Have Little Faith in Social Security

June 29, 2001:
Report: Hispanic Savings Rate Low

June 28, 2001:
O'Neill Addresses Coalition for American Financial Security

June 27, 2001:
Unions Threaten Privatization Backers

June 26, 2001:
Moynihan and Parsons on the Need for Reform

June 25, 2001:
Pro-privitazation Candidate Wins Virginia Special Election

June 15, 2001:
A Cautionary Tale on Government Investing

June 14, 2001:
EBRI Warns "Traditional" Reforms May Not Solve Social Security Problems

June 13, 2001:
Grandparents for Social Security Privatization

June 12, 2001:
117 Congressmen Urge Commission to Back Individual Accounts

June 11, 2001:
Social Security Privatization after Jeffords

June 8, 2001:
Wall Street Does Not See Big Profits in Social Security Privatization

May 31, 2001:
Railroad Retirement Bill is Back

May 30, 2001:
Kolbe, Stenholm Suggest Principles for Reform

May 25, 2001:
Congressman, Analyst Push to Repeal Earnings Test on Early Retirees

May 24, 2001:
Kolbe: Privatize System Now

May 23, 2001:
NFIB Calls For Social Security Privatization

May 22, 2001:
More Poll Results

May 21, 2001:
New Poll: Seniors Support Social Security Privatization

May 19, 2001:
Biggs Named to Staff of Social Security Commission

May 18, 2001:
C-Span Forum Available for Viewing

May 17, 2001:
Other Findings to RCS Survey

May 16, 2001:
Public Sometimes Knows Better Than Experts

May 15, 2001:
Entitlements Will Crowd out Rest of Government

May 14, 2001:
Fact-Checking Attacks on Personal Accounts

May 11, 2001:
Cato's Tanner on Bush Commission

May 10, 2001:
New Survey Shows Strong Backing for Social Security Investment

May 9, 2001:
Text of President's Comments on Social Security Commission

May 8, 2001:
Commission Members Active with Cato Privatization Project

May 7, 2001:
Commission Members

May 5, 2001:
Bush Names Social Security Commission

May 4, 2001:
Stock Slump No Impediment to Reform, Says Skandia's Dokken

May 3, 2001:
Senate Investigates Felons Receiving Social Security Benefits

May 2, 2001:
Pension Reform Passes, but No Substitute for Social Security Reform

May 1, 2001:
More on Social Security and Debt Reduction

April 30, 2001:
Conrad Supports Personal Accounts, but Demands Budget Include Money For Them

April 28, 2001:
O’Neill Back on Board

April 27, 2001:
Linkletter Says Control, Not Stock Market, Key to Reform

April 26, 2001:
Immigration – Legal or Otherwise – No Solution to Social Security Problems

April 25, 2001:
Politicians Debate Impact of Market on Privatization

April 24, 2001:
"Current Law" Social Security Not What it Seems

April 23, 2001:
Bush Says Chile Has Lessons for U.S. on Social Security

April 20, 2001:
Cato Social Security Radio Ads Begin Monday

April 19, 2001:
Apfel Urges Compromise, But Misses Main Goals of Reform

April 18, 2001:
Bush Budget on the Trust Funds

April 17, 2001:
Putin Makes Case for Privatization

April 16, 2001:
Public Trustees Say Trust Fund is Debt, Not Asset

April 13, 2001:
Bush Budget: Personal Accounts "Core" of Social Security Reform

April 12, 2001:
There's No Wishing Away Social Security’s Financial Problems, Analyst Says

April 11, 2001:
Silly Solution to Social Security Crisis

April 10, 2001:
O'Neill Seen as Possible Impediment to Reform

April 6, 2001:
Pension Offset Legislation Reappears on the Hill

April 5, 2001:
Financial Advisors Point Out Risks With Current System

April 4, 2001:
Bush Touts Property Rights as Key to Social Security Reform

April 2, 2001:
What the Experts Say About the Social Security Trust Fund

March 29, 2001:
Bush Reiterates Support for Personal Accounts

March 27, 2001:
NY Times Misses Point on Social Security Investment

March 26, 2001:
ATR Wrong on Railroad Retirement

March 23, 2001:
Market Doesn't Dampen Enthusiasm for Personal Accounts

March 22, 2001:
Where's the Real Risk?

March 21, 2001:
Bush Says Stock Woes Won't Impede Social Security Plan

March 19, 2001:
Strong Economic Growth Not Enough Help for Troubled Social Security System

March 16, 2001:
Trustees Report Expected Monday

March 13, 2001:
Social Security Privatization: Bad for the Disabled?

March 12, 2001:
Publications of Interest

March 8, 2001:
GAO Report: Debt Repayment Options Limited

March 6, 2001:
Administration Reform Principles Mirror Cato's

March 5, 2001:
Bush to Appoint Presidential Commission

March 3, 2001:
President's Budget Would Allow Larger Social Security Accounts

March 2, 2001:
Social Security Administration Faces Problems When Baby Boomers Retire

March 1, 2001:
Even in Sweden, Enthusiasm for Personal Accounts

February 28, 2001:
Bush Comments on Social Security Privatization

February 26, 2001:
Bush to Address Social Security in Feb. 27 Budget Speech

February 23, 2001:
Thomas Chides AARP on Social Security

February 22, 2001:
Greenspan Says Choice Between Personal Accounts and Government Investment Is Inevitable

February 21, 2001:
O'Neill Says Reform Plan to Follow Tax Cut

February 20, 2001:
Bush to Speak to Congress on Privatization

February 15, 2001:
Real Facts on Women and Social Security Reform

February 14, 2001:
Claims on Disability Misleading at Best

February 13, 2001:
New Cato Study Shows: African-Americans penalized by Social Security

February 12, 2001:
New Cato-Zogby Poll Shows 70 Percent Support For Personal Social Security Accounts

February 9, 2001:
Columnist Says Greenspan Follows Cato's Good Advice

February 8, 2001:
Gore Advisor, Republican Pollster Agree: Bush Successfully Made Case for Personal Accounts

February 7, 2001:
Bob Kerrey Pushes Tax Cut "For Those Who Need It Most"

February 6, 2001:
Breaux, Gregg Propose Commission with a Twist

February 5, 2001:
Big Surpluses Mean Big Opportunities

February 2, 2001:
Personal Accounts More Popular Than the Politicians Think

February 1, 2001:
Could Bush Dip Into "Lock Box"?

January 31, 2001:
Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad Open to Personal Accounts?

January 30, 2001:
Greenspan Indicates Clear Support for Personal Accounts

January 29, 2001:
Bush May Name Commission Soon

January 26, 2001:
Cato Institute Offers Policymakers a Primer on Social Security

January 23, 2001:
Thomas Has Vision on Social Security

January 22, 2001:
Stenholm to Speak at Cato Conference

January 19, 2001:
Kemp Comes Out Against Commission

January 18, 2001:
Breaux Calls for SS Reform

January 17, 2001:
Chairman Grassley on Personal Accounts

January 16, 2001:
McCain Legislation as Outline for Commission?

January 15, 2001:
Outgoing SSA Commissioner All But Acknowledges Need For Personal Accounts

January 12, 2001:
Boomers Shouldn't Count On Mom and Dad

January 11, 2001:
Columbus Dispatch: Social Security Should be Top Priority

January 10, 2001:
Black Conservatives Call for Social Security Privatization

January 9, 2001:
Lindsey, Thomas Appointments Boost Privatization

January 8, 2001:
PaineWebber Head Confirmed as Conference Speaker

January 3, 2001:
Lott to Offer Social Security Panel Legislation

January 2, 2001:
Bush Reaffirms Support for Personal Accounts

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