Daily Commentary 1999
December 27, 1999: Forbes vs. Bauer on Social Security
December 22, 1999: Take Courage from the Polls
December 21, 1999: Silence on Meet the Press
December 17, 1999: Here we go again
December 16, 1999: Bradley Elaborates on Social Security, But Still No
Plan
December 15, 1999: An Opportunity Missed
December 14, 1999: McCain Fleshes Out Position on Social Security
December 10, 1999: The Candidates and Social Security
December 9, 1999: Privatize Social Security to Help Working Poor
December 8, 1999: Bad News for Social Security: We're Living Longer
December 7, 1999: Feminist Group Fails to Refute Cato Study
December 6, 1999: Social Security Dominates GOP Debate
December 2, 1999: No "Simple" Solution
December 1, 1999: Privatized Social Security: Still a Much Better Deal,
Study Finds
November 30, 1999: Gore Proposes Private Pension Reform, But Social Security
Reform Still Awaits
November 24, 1999: Bush Talks Privatization
November 23, 1999: Politicians Mull Retirement Age Increase
November 22, 1999: World Round-Up
November 19, 1999: Budget Winners and Losers
November 18, 1999: Social Security a Burden on African-Americans
November 17, 1999: An Opt-Out Option?
November 16, 1999: Forbes to Run Social Security Campaign Ads
November 15, 1999: The Social Security Sweepstakes
November 12, 1999: CBO's Crippen Slams Clinton Plan
November 11, 1999: GAO's Walker Calls Clinton Plan Worse Than Doing Nothing
November 10, 1999: Unlikely Allies
November 9, 1999: Social Security to be Top Domestic Priority for Bush
November 8, 1999: Trust Fund Truths
November 5, 1999: The Wrong Debate
November 4, 1999: Cong. Nick Smith to Introduce Social Security Reform
Plan
November 3, 1999: Gore Attacks Bradley on Social Security
November 2, 1999: Where's A High School Sophomore When You Need One?
November 1, 1999: Social Security and Savings
October 29, 1999: The Real Social Security Statement
October 28, 1999: One Cheer for Uncle Sam's New Social Security Statements
October 27, 1999: Social Security Still Pay-as-You-Go
October 26, 1999: Pension Politicization
October 25, 1999: Clinton's Plan Rises From the Dead...Sort Of
October 22, 1999: Transition Costs - Public Favors Spending Cuts Over
Tax Increases
October 21, 1999: Payroll Taxes Go Up Again
October 20, 1999: False Hopes
October 19, 1999: Wall Street Worriers
October 18, 1999: Tanner to Address Privatization on West Coast
October 15, 1999: Listen to This, Mr. Archer
October 14, 1999: Tanner to Bring Privatization Message to Inner City
October 13, 1999: Transition Costs: Facts and Fantasies
October 12, 1999: Trust Fund Truths
October 11, 1999: New Poll Shows Little Confidence in Social Security
October 8, 1999: Kerrey: Both Parties Failing on Social Security Reform
October 7, 1999: Hungary's Private Pensions Are a Success
October 6, 1999: A Lesson From Mexico
October 4, 1999: Greenspan's Social Security Warning
September 30, 1999: Social Security Reform Needed; Demographic Tidal Wave
Poised to Swamp the System
September 29, 1999: More on Women and Social Security
September 28, 1999: Global Pension Crisis II Set for March
September 27, 1999: A Taxing Dilemma
September 23, 1999: The Union Campaign Against Social Security Reform
September 22, 1999: What Would Bush Do?
September 21, 1999: One Pledge Down, One to Go
September 20, 1999: Read the Fine Print on the New Social Security Statement
September 17, 1999: Social Security Listening Sessions: What Needs to Be
Heard
September 16, 1999: Greater Financial Security for Women with Personal Retirement
Accounts
September 15, 1999: Younger Americans Overwhelmingly Support Individual
Retirement Accounts
September 14, 1999: Union Members Strongly Support Individual Retirement
Accounts
September 13, 1999: Working Women Support Individual Retirement Accounts
September 11, 1999: Cato Institute Releases Zogby Poll on Social Security
September 9, 1999: New Zogby International Poll: Majority Support for Social
Security Privatization
September 8, 1999: African American Voters Strongly Support Individual
Retirement Accounts
September 7, 1999: Unlock and Unload?
September 3, 1999: Global Pension Crisis II Set for January
September 2, 1999: CSE's Hodge on Social Security
September 1, 1999: Cato's Tanner Speaks at Ames Forum
August 31, 1999: The Cato Institute Presents: Social Security and the
American Voter
August 28, 1999: Retire to Britain
August 27, 1999: A Social Security Statement Improvement
August 26, 1999: Hispanic Voters Strongly Support Individual Retirement
Accounts
August 25, 1999: Social Security Empowerment
August 24, 1999: Public to Politicians: Fix Social Security
August 20, 1999: Top Three Republican Candidates Support Personal Accounts
August 19, 1999: Steve Forbes Talks Social Security at Cato Forum
August 18, 1999: Bush Takes Social Security Issue to Straw Poll
August 17, 1999: Alan Keyes on Social Security
August 16, 1999: Read the Fine Print
August 13, 1999: Social Security Spooks
August 12, 1999: The Future of Social Security: A Cato Institute Policy
Forum
August 11, 1999: Taking Stock Would Be a Bad Situation
August 10, 1999: A Poor Excuse for Opposing Privatization
August 9, 1999: Privatization is the CURE
August 6, 1999: Estonia and Latvia May Be Next to Privatize Social Security
August 5, 1999: Steve Forbes to Participate in Cato Social Security
Forum in Ames, Iowa
August 4, 1999: Real Security for Seniors
August 3, 1999: Cato Invites Presidential Candidates to Iowa Forum on
Social Security
August 2, 1999: Kemp Tackles Republicans on Social Security
July 31, 1999: After 18 Years, Chile's Privatized Pension System Is
"An Astounding Success"
July 29, 1999: The Lock Box Gets Picked...Again
July 28, 1999: Kerrey Offers the Right Kind of Tax Cut
July 27, 1999: 2030 Gets A Zero
July 26, 1999: The Stock Option
July 23, 1999: Cato to Host Social Security Forum in Ames, Iowa
July 22, 1999: Kerry Pushes Real Reform
July 21, 1999: Administrative Costs Don't Have to Be a Barrier
July 20, 1999: Americans Ready to Take a Walk on Social Security
July 19, 1999: José Piñera Honored by International Insurance
Society with 'Founders Award'
July 16, 1999: Tin Ears on Social Security
July 15, 1999: The Wrong Time to Ignore the Polls
July 14, 1999 A Ponzi Scheme For Our Children?
July 13, 1999: Tax and Spin
July 12, 1999: Time to Reform Mexico's Private Pension Reform
July 9, 1999: Poland Moves Toward Pension Freedom
July 8, 1999: It's Not Child's Play
July 7, 1999: Chairman Archer's Lost Crusade
July 6, 1999: Latin Lessons on Pensions
July 2, 1999: Presidential Ponderings
July 1, 1999: Pay-As-You-Go -- It's Gotta Go
June 30, 1999: "Saving" Social Security
June 29, 1999: The Global Pension Revolution
June 28, 1999: Harvest of Mass Hysteria
June 25, 1999: Social Security Differences
June 24, 1999: Reform Social Security Now or Raise Taxes Later
June 23, 1999: Report to Congress: Privatize, and Reform Now!
June 22, 1999: It's Not Your Money: Americans Have no Right
to Social Security Benefits
June 21, 1999: Chairman Archer's Chilling Legacy
June 18, 1999: A Closer Look at Recent Poll Numbers
June 17, 1999: An Open Letter to Congress in Closed Session
June 16, 1999: George W. Bush Latest Presidential Candidate to Endorse
Social Security Privatization
June 15, 1999: Shine Sunlight on Social Security Reform
June 14, 1999: Safest Retirement Lockbox
June 11, 1999: Americans Ahead of Politicians on Social Security Reform
June 10, 1999: Excerpts from a statement by Representative John Kasich,
presidential candidate, unveiling his Social Security reform plan
June 9, 1999: Both Clinton and GOP Social Security reform plans deeply
flawed
June 8, 1999: Excerpts from the Washington Post's Editorial
"A Phony Lockbox"
June 7, 1999: Excerpts from a Speech by Senator John McCain, Presidential
Candidate, on Social Security
June 4, 1999: Getting Comfortable with Social Security
June 3, 1999: Senator Rod Grams Introduces Bill for Full Privatization
June 2, 1999: GOP's Myopia on Debt Retirement
June 1, 1999: The Real Risks from Social Security Reform
May 28, 1999: Code for Breaking Faith
May 27, 1999: The Road to Achieving Retirement Security
May 26, 1999: Personal Retirement Accounts Are the Only Lock Boxes
that Matter
May 25, 1999: Dr. Krzysztof Ostaszewski on Poland's Successful Transition
to a Privatized Pension System
May 24, 1999: A New Vision for Social Security
May 22, 1999: New Social Security bill shows "bipartisan support for
personal reitrement accounts"
May 20, 1999: Listen to the People
May 19, 1999: Securing Your Financial Future
May 18, 1999: Steve Forbes to speak about the need to reform Social
Security
May 17, 1999: The Cost of Doing Nothing
May 14, 1999: A Step in the Right Direction for Social Security
May 13, 1999: Melissa Hieger and William Shipman answer the criticisms
of market-based reform
May 12, 1999: Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman on the question, "Should
Social Security Be Mandatory?"
May 11, 1999: Why is Social Security often called a Ponzi Scheme?
May 10, 1999: The Benefits of Ownership
May 7, 1999: Let Me Out, Too!
May 6, 1999: New Social Security plan tills the soil for future reform
May 4, 1999: Social Security & Women
May 3, 1999: Golden Years Tax
April 30, 1999: Archer-Shaw: No Privatization
April 29, 1999: Wrong Destination for Social Security Reform
April 28, 1999: GOP Social Security Plan "Not a Serious Attempt to Reform"
April 27, 1999: Where is Republican Leadership?
April 26, 1999: Public Opinion Firmly Behind Privatization
April 22, 1999: National Dialogue on Social Security
April 21, 1999: Add-Ons Hurt Those Who Need it Most
April 20, 1999: Demography is Destiny
April 19, 1999: "Add Ons" Don't Add Up
April 17, 1999: Mexico Taking the Right Steps on Pension Reform
April 15, 1999: Thinking Social Security on Tax Day
April 14, 1999: Social Security Privatization Will Be Key Issue in
2000
April 13, 1999: Will Communist China Have Privatized Social Security
Before the U.S.?
April 12, 1999: A Look At ... The Future of Social Security
April 9, 1999: Poland Latest Country to Privatize Social Security
April 8, 1999: What the Trustees Report Didn't Tell You
April 3, 1999: State and Local Government Retirement Programs: Lessons
in Alternatives to Social Security
April 1, 1999: Remember This Date: 2014
March 30, 1999: Transition Costs--A Misnomer. The Trust Fund is Empty.
March 29, 1999: Senate to Clinton: No Government Investing
March 25, 1999: P.J. O'Rourke on "The Great Ponzi-Scheme Rescue Act
of 1999"
March 24, 1999: Some Comments from Senator Kerry
March 23, 1999: Nonpoliticized Investing?
March 22, 1999: 83.6 Million Americans Own Stock, But Poorest Still
Left Out
March 19, 1999: Five million state/local government workers reap rewards
outside Social Security
March 15, 1999: Comments on the Women's Equality Summit
March 5, 1999: Garbage in, garbage out
March 1, 1999: "Claw-back" provisions undermine power of private accounts
February 26, 1999: Excerpt from City Paper interview with José
Piñera
February 24, 1999: Straight talk from the head of CBO
February 23, 1999: Women as Investors
February 20, 1999: Comments by Michael Tanner on Rates of Return
February 19, 1999: Why does Social Security need reform?
February 18, 1999: How Do Personal Accounts Help Families?
February 17, 1999: Comments by Michael Tanner on the Administrative Costs
of Social Security Privatization
February 16, 1999: Thoughts on the political landscape in Washington now
that the Senate impeachment trial has ended
February 13, 1999: Peter Ferrara's Comments on the Social Security Debate
February 12, 1999: Unions bully Wall Street, deny members private accounts
February 6, 1999: The definitive word on Social Security trust fund "assets"
February 3, 1999: Think about the Children: Privatize Social Security
February 2, 1999: Forget the Double Counting, Focus on the Phony Accounting
February 1, 1999: Comments on the President's USA Accounts by Michael
Tanner
January 29, 1999: Greenspan's testimony before the Senate Budget Committee
January 28, 1999: Remarks by Michael Tanner on White House Roundtable
on Social Security
January 27, 1999: Social Security Socialism
January 25, 1999: CURE Remarks on Social Security Privatization
January 23, 1999: New heights of hubris
Women and Social Security -- tomorrow's ADSS
Teleconference
January 21, 1999: Let the debate begin
January 20, 1999: Observations on the President's proposals for Social
Security reform by Peter Ferrara
January 20, 1999: Observations on the President's proposals for Social
Security reform by Michael Tanner
January 19, 1999: A few suggestions
January 18, 1999: Will he? Or won't he?
January 14, 1999: A plan that fixes nothing
January 13, 1999: Do I have a right to Social Security?
January 12, 1999: How Do Workers Feel About Personal Accounts?
January 11, 1999: Response to Washington Post editorial, "Spending the
Surplus"
January 9, 1999: Social Security balloons
January 8, 1999: Social Security taxes have gone up again
January 7, 1999: Response to House Speaker Dennis Hastert
January 6, 1999: Response to House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt
January 5, 1999: Response to Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin
January 4, 1999: Response to Dean Baker of the Economic Policy Institute
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