Welcome to Social Security This Week, the Cato Project on Social Security Choice's new weekly newsletter on Social Security reform. Each week, Cato will provide an update on Social Security reform.

Social Security This Week: December 16, 2005 (PDF, 62Kb., 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: President Bush Plans to Revisit Social Security Next Year, New America Foundation Announces Nonpartisan Reform Plan, NLPC: Federal Subsidies to AARP Pay for Anti-Reform Lobbying and much more!

Social Security This Week: December 9, 2005 (PDF, 54Kb., 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: Alan Greenspan: Make Entitlement Reform a Priority, Supreme Court Upholds Seizure of Social Security Benefits and much more!

Social Security This Week: December 2, 2005 (PDF, 137Kb., 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: Sens. DeMint and Santorum Hold Out Hope, Bill Shipman Satirizes Reform Critics, Charleston Post and Courier: Cowardice on the Hill and much more!

Social Security This Week: November 18, 2005 (PDF, 125Kb., 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: Democrats Block Senate Vote on Personal Accounts, Bill Thomas: Push for Reform is Not Over, Center Daily News: Fix Social Securty Sooner Rather Than Later and much more!

Social Security This Week: November 11, 2005 (PDF, 53Kb., 2 pp) In Social Security This Week: Senate May Vote on Personal Accounts Next Week, Grassley Not Optimistic As Bills Move Forward in the Senate, Students for Saving Social Security Launches Online Petition and much more!

Social Security This Week: November 4, 2005 (PDF, 132Kb., 4 pp) In Social Security This Week: Walter Williams: Entitlements Will Foster Intergenerational Conflict, Supreme Court to Hear Social Security Offset Case, Republicans Divided in 3 Camps on Social Security Reform and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 28, 2005 (PDF, 122Kb., 2 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush Talks Social Security Again; Strikes on Ownership Theme, Taxable Wage Base to Increase in 2006, Greenville, SC News Supports Reform Minded Senators and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 21, 2005 (PDF, 123Kb., 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: Group of Senators Will Continue to Push for Social Security Reform, S4: Not Going Home Until the Job is Done, Lawmakers Propose Commission to Contain Entitlement Spending and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 14, 2005 (PDF, 140Kb., 5 pp) In Social Security This Week: Investor's Business Daily: It's Now or Never for Bush's Reforms, Leading CEOs Favor Price Indexation and Personal Accounts, Jeff Jacoby: Sell the Solution by Focusing on Ownership and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 7, 2005 (PDF, 143Kb., 6 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush Remains Committed to Reform Despite Reports to the Contrary, Sam Johnson: Pushes GROW Accounts, Tim Penny: Don't Defer Social Security Reform and much more!

Social Security This Week: September 30, 2005 (PDF, 136Kb., 4 pp) In Social Security This Week: White House Reaffirms Commitment to Reform, Senators Want a Streamlined Social Security Bill, McCrery: GROW Accounts Are a Good First Step and much more!

Social Security This Week: September 23, 2005 (PDF, 136Kb., 4 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush Pledges to Press On with Social Security Reform, Santorum Supports Reform, Questions Bush's Handling of the Issue, Voinovich to Introduce "Lockbox" Bill to Stop Raiding of Trust Fund and much more!

Social Security This Week: September 16, 2005 (PDF, 71Kb., 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: New Cato Paper Says GROW Accounts Are a Good First Step, Republicans in Congress Say Social Security Reform is Still on Track, Thomas, Reynolds Spar over Social Security Reform and much more!

Social Security This Week: September 9, 2005 (PDF, 61Kb., 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: Social Security Reform Delayed by Hurricane Relief and Other Issues, Jack Kemp: GROW Accounts Need White House Endorsement, Financial Planners Want PRAs for their Clients and much more!

Social Security This Week: September 2, 2005 (PDF, 60Kb., 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush to Seniors: Don’t Worry About Your Benefits, Gokhale: Let People Choose What Risks to Take, This Week in the Polls: Support on Social Security Improves and much more!

Social Security This Week: August 26, 2005 (PDF, 147Kb., 5 pp) In Social Security This Week: GROW Accounts Are Likely to See a House Vote in Fall Session, Bob Dole: FDR Believed in “Bold, Persistent Experimentation,” Michael Tanner: Start by Saving the Surplus and much more!

Social Security This Week: August 19, 2005 (PDF, 59Kb., 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: Reform Advocates Speak Out on Social Security's 70th Anniversary, Jagadeesh Gokhale Refutes Krugman's Claims and much more!

Social Security This Week: August 12, 2005 (PDF, 62Kb., 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: Social Security Becomes Top Priority for Fall, Anti-Reform Activists Change Tactics for Fall, Student Group Contines Campaigning for Personal Accounts and much more!

Social Security This Week: August 5, 2005 (PDF, 142Kb., 4 pp) In Social Security This Week: Renewed Calls for Bi-Partisan Reform Emerge, Bush Remains Adamant on Personal Retirement Accounts, Insurers Hope to Have a Voice in Social Security Reform Debate and much more!

Social Security This Week: July 29, 2005 (PDF, 82Kb., 5 pp) In Social Security This Week: Democratic Retirement Plan Ignores Social Security, Administration Officials Talk Strategy at White House Briefing, GROW Accounts Bill Unveiled and much more!

Social Security This Week: July 22, 2005 (PDF, 154Kb., 5 pp) In Social Security This Week: As DeMint Plan Gains Momentum, Solvency Concerns Surface, Murdock: Let Workers Earn More with Personal Retirement Accounts, Women for Social Security Choice vs. Anti-Reformers: Debate Recap and much more!

Social Security This Week: July 15, 2005 (PDF, 69Kb., 4 pp) In Social Security This Week: New Cato Paper: The Cost of the Status Quo, Social Security Action Rescheduled, White House Reiterates Support for Personal Accounts and much more!

Social Security This Week: July 8, 2005 (PDF, 146Kb., 6 pp) In Social Security This Week: Congress Takes the Reigns from the White House, Santorum: Taxing the Rich More Won’t Fix Social Security’s Problem, Jack Kemp Backs DeMint Plan and much more!

Social Security This Week: July 1, 2005 (PDF, 139Kb., 5 pp) In Social Security This Week: Looking for a July Vote, House GOP Discusses Bill, Senate, too, Looks for an Early Vote on Social Security Reform, A Real Lockbox for Social Security, and much more!

Social Security This Week: June 24, 2005 (PDF, 143Kb., 6 pp) In Social Security This Week: Republican Senators Unite behind Reform Bill, House Republicans Offer a Surplus-Funded Accounts Bill, Key Differences between House and Senate Accounts Bills, and much more!

Social Security This Week: June 17, 2005 (PDF, 146Kb., 5 pp) In Social Security This Week: DeMint Plan Shakes Things Up on the Hill, Cato Scholars Testify Before Congress, Mike Pence: Don't Raise the Payroll Tax, and much more!

Social Security This Week: June 10, 2005 (PDF, 141Kb., 5 pp) In Social Security This Week: Eliminating the Tax Cap Won't Solve Social Security's Shortfall; Prominent Editorials Oppose Tax-Reliant Reform Measures; Media Continue to Ignore Support for Personal Retirement Accounts; and much more!

Social Security This Week: June 3, 2005 (PDF, 88Kb., 6 pp) In Social Security This Week: Cato/Zogby Poll Finds Continued Support for Personal Accounts; Priorities Differ in the House and Senate on Social Security Reform; Washington Post: Progressive Indexing Merits "Serious Consideration;" Democrats Break Rank and Cato Scholar Wonders Why; and much more!

Social Security This Week: May 27, 2005 (PDF, 77Kb., 5 pp) In Social Security This Week: As Filibuster Debate Ends, Social Security Takes Center Stage; Mike Tanner: Social Security's "Guarantees" Are a Sham; Changing the Tax Base Hits Single-Earner Families; and much more!

Social Security This Week: May 20, 2005 (PDF, 153Kb., 8 pp) Pozen's Remarks on Personal Accounts Misrepresented; Wexler's Tax Hike Falls Flat; Michael Tanner to Ways and Means: PRAs Protect Vulnerable Populations; and much more!

Social Security This Week: May 13, 2005 (PDF, 160Kb., 8 pp) Cato Announces Nobel Laureates Backing of Social Security Choice; Debate Moves Forward with Bill Thomas at the Helm; Featured Daily Debunker: Johnson Bill Doesn't Offer a Free Lunch; and much more!

Social Security This Week: May 6, 2005 (PDF, 146Kb., 5 pp) In this issue of Social Security This Week: Cato Launches Major Campaign to Refocus Social Security; House Republicans to Take Up Social Security Reform; Cato's Alan Reynolds Refutes Levitt's Criticism of Personal Accounts; and much more!

Social Security This Week: April 29, 2005 (PDF, 141Kb., 6 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush Endorses Progressive Wage-Price Indexing; John Tierney: Chilean System Works; Polls Show Americans Want Choice to Invest Privately; and much more!

Social Security This Week: April 22, 2005 (PDF, 152Kb., 7 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush and Snow: PRAs Are a Must for a Permanent Fix; Social Security Hearing Scheduled as Democratic Strategy Shifts; Ryan and Sununu Reintroduce Reform Bill; and much more!

Social Security This Week: April 15, 2005 (PDF, 78Kb., 6 pp) In Social Security This Week: Santorum: Senate Will Not Drop Personal Accounts; FactCheck.org: Democratic Benefit Calculator Is "Rigged"; Doug Bandow: Cut Corporate Welfare to Help Finance the Transition; and much more!

Social Security This Week: April 8, 2005 (PDF, 80Kb., 6 pp) In Social Security This Week: Cato's Ed Crane to White House: Ownership Is the Key; Rove Rejects Add-Ons, Says Reform Must Feature PRAs; Hubbard: PRAs Help Workers while Helping the System; Leanne Abdnor Challenges Women's Groups to Debate PRAs; and much more!

Social Security This Week: April 1, 2005 (PDF, 107Kb., 10 pp) In Social Security This Week: The Hill: Democratic Lawmakers Attempt a Bait and Switch; Mike Tanner: Ownership, Inheritability, and Choice Are Key; White House Remains Committed to Personal Accounts; and much more!

Social Security This Week: March 25, 2005 (PDF, 91Kb., 8 pp) In Social Security This Week: 2005 Social Security Trustees Report: Problems Begin Sooner than Anticipated; Washington Post: PRAs Could "Cushion" Effects of Benefit Cuts; Poll Shows Union Workers Support Personal Retirement Accounts; and much more!

Social Security This Week: March 18, 2005 (PDF, 118 Kb., 10 pp) In Social Security This Week: Greenspan: Personal Accounts Are Not a Sideshow; Senators Take Up Social Security Reform; John Zogby: Social Security Reform Could Build an "Investor-Class" Nation; and much more!

Social Security This Week: March 11, 2005 (PDF, 93 Kb., 7 pp) In Social Security This Week: White House Officials: Bush Won't Take PRAs Off the Table; Boaz: "Add-On" Accounts Don't Add Up; Thrift Savings Model Doubles Social Security's Rate of Return; and much more!

Social Security This Week: March 4, 2005 (PDF, 101 Kb., 10 pp) In Social Security This Week: Greenspan Urges Action on Social Security Reform; Scott Burns: Social Security in Trouble by 2008?; Donald Luskin: Don’t Raise the Cap; and much more!

Social Security This Week: February 25, 2005 (PDF, 88 Kb., 6 pp) SSA: Johnson Bill Achieves Permanent, Sustainable Solvency; Leading Economists: There Is No Transition Cost; Tim Penny: Status Quo Is an Expensive Proposition; and much more!

Social Security This Week: February 18, 2005 (PDF, 96 Kb., 8 pp) At Least Three Democratic Senators Open to Personal Accounts; Greenspan Backs Personal Retirement Accounts; Another Nobel Laureate Supports Individual Accounts; Economist Estelle James Examines Chile's Pension System; and much more!

Social Security This Week: February 11, 2005 (PDF, 115 Kb., 10 pp) Johnson Reintroduces Bill for 6.2% Personal Retirement Accounts; Democratic Leadership Reportedly Threatens Bipartisan Reform Efforts; Tim Penny: Straw-Man Arguments Prevent Honest Discussion; New York Times Misleads Readers on Chilean Personal Accounts; and much more!

Social Security This Week: February 4, 2005 (PDF, 155 Kb., 7 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush Fills in the Details on Personal Retirement Accounts; Inaccurate Characterization of PRAs in the Washington Post; Attacks on PRAs Intensify before the State of the Union Address; Bob Kerrey on Social Security Reform; and much more!

Social Security This Week: January 28, 2005 (PDF, 78 Kb., 6 pp) In Social Security This Week: Cato/Zogby Poll: Majority of Americans Support Individual Accounts for Social Security; Republicans: AARP Poll Deeply Flawed; Moore: Making the Case for Social Security Reform; and much more!

Social Security This Week: January 21, 2005 (PDF, 115 Kb., 9 pp) In Social Security This Week: Post/ABC Poll: Individual Account Support Still Strong; Rep. Thomas Wants Wide-Ranging Entitlements Debate; Cheney Outlines Reasons for Social Security Reform; Rauch: Social Security Reform Is a Moral Issue; and much more!

Social Security This Week: January 14, 2005 (PDF, 126 Kb., 13 pp) In Social Security This Week: Is AARP Really Anti-Investment?; Reynolds: Grading the Social Security Debate; Nobel Laureate Prescott: A Blueprint for Saving Social Security; George Will: Don't Deny Your Children Social Security Choice; and much more!

Social Security This Week: January 7, 2005 (PDF, 139 Kb., 13 pp) In Social Security This Week: Cato Book on Social Security awarded ALA's Top Accolade; AARP's False Claims Against Reform; CBO: Diamond-Orszag Plan Would Shrink U.S. Economy; Krugman Wrong about Chilean Social Security Reform; and much more!

Social Security This Week: December 17, 2004 (PDF, 78 Kb., 12 pp) In Social Security This Week: New Study Says No Wall Street Windfall from Reform; Shipman: Market-Based System Less Costly Than Status Quo; Krugman vs. Krugman; and much more!

Social Security This Week: December 10, 2004 (PDF, 121 Kb., 15 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush Launches Push For Social Security Reform; Democrat Backs Social Security Overhaul; Washington Post on Transition Costs; and much more!

Social Security This Week: December 3, 2004 (PDF, 149 Kb., 17 pp) In Social Security This Week: José Piñera: Private Pensions Create Growth, Savings in Chile; John Kasich: Reform Should Include Private Accounts and Price Indexing; Michael Tanner: No Red/Blue Divide on Social Security; and much more!

Social Security This Week: November 19, 2004 (PDF, 103 Kb., 10 pp) In Social Security This Week: Nobel Prize Winner Prescott Supports Private Accounts; Business Groups Prepare to Fight for Overhaul Of Social Security; AARP Proposes Add-On Accounts; and much more!

Social Security This Week: November 12, 2004 (PDF, 98 Kb., 10 pp) In Social Security This Week: Another Poll Shows Strong Support for Individual Accounts; Obama: We Should Be “Open-minded” on Social Security Reform; Gokhale on Social Security Reform and the Bond Market; and much more!

Social Security This Week: November 5, 2004 (PDF, 70 Kb., 5 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush: Social Security Reform "A Priority"; Bush Victory Sets Stage for Social Security Battle; Senate Races Show Third Rail Is Dead; and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 29, 2004 (PDF, 61 Kb., 7 pp) In Social Security This Week: New Polls Reveal Support for Private Accounts; Pointed Social Security Talk Peppers Campaign's Final Days; Social Security a Key Issue in South Carolina Senate Race; Sen. Larry Craig: Social Security Scare Tactics Are Shameful; and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 22, 2004 (PDF, 99 Kb., 10 pp) In Social Security This Week: Tanner: What's So Surprising about Bush's Social Security Plans?; William G. Shipman: Benefits of Reform Far Outweigh Costs; Gokhale and Smetters: Kerry's "Pay-As-You-Go" Rules Won't Work for Social Security; and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 15, 2004 (PDF, 75 Kb., 11 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush, Kerry Debate Social Security; Latest Nobel Prize Winning Economist Supports Private Accounts; Gokhale and Smetters: Kerry's Social Security Plan Won't Work; Bush Plan Likely to Include Wage/Price Index Change; and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 10, 2004 (PDF, 150 Kb., 11 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush Sees Reelection as a Social Security Mandate; Kerry's Social Security Claims Criticized; Joseph C. Phillips: Reform Can Empower Black Communities; Cato Scholar Suggests a Social Security Wager; and much more!

Social Security This Week: September 24, 2004 (PDF, 88 Kb., 8 pp) In Social Security This Week: Mike Tanner Responds to Kerry's Social Security Claims; Heritage Foundation Refutes Washington Post's Claims; New York Times Highlights Difficulties in Selling Social Security Reform; and more!

Social Security This Week: September 17, 2004 (PDF, 86 Kb., 8 pp) In Social Security This Week: Bush, Kerry Spar over Social Security; News Media Continue to Misrepresent the Costs of Reform; Ed Crane: Private Accounts Can Define Bush's Second-Term Agenda; and more!

Social Security This Week: September 10, 2004 (PDF, 98 Kb., 10 pp) In Social Security This Week: Holman W. Jenkins: Now Is the Time to Tackle Entitlements; Rich Lowry: Kerry Likely to Attempt Demagoguery on Social Security; Jagadeesh Gokhale: True "Cost" of Reform Is Mischaracterized; and much more!

Social Security This Week: September 3, 2004 (PDF, 141 Kb., 8 pp) In Social Security This Week: President Bush Commits to Private Accounts; Greenspan Issues New Social Security Warning; Indianapolis Star Endorses Private Retirement Accounts; Republican and Democratic Platforms Vary Widely on Social Security; and much more!

Social Security This Week: August 27, 2004 (PDF, 115 Kb., 11 pp) In Social Security This Week: Rep. Sam Johnson: Reform Bill Will Help Individual and Government Finances; National Journal "Insider Interview": Michael Tanner on Social Security; Treasury Secretary John Snow Discusses Social Security; and more!

Social Security This Week: August 20, 2004 (PDF, 76 Kb., 12 pp) In Social Security This Week: Washington Post: PRAs Could Increase Savings, Help with Long-Term Deficits; Martin Feldstein Breaks Down Kerry's Social Security "Plan;" Barone: Bush Will Need to Court Young Voters with Social Security; and more!

Social Security This Week: August 13, 2004 (PDF, 87 Kb., 8 pp) In Social Security This Week: President Bush Renews Call for Individual Accounts; John Kerry: All Social Security Needs Is a "Tweak;" Michael Tanner: Where is John Kerry's Social Security Plan?; and more!

Social Security This Week: August 6, 2004 (PDF, 83 Kb., 7 pp) In Social Security This Week: Cato Analyst Cites Johnson-Toomey-Flake Bill as Best Approach to Social Security Reform; NCPA Analyst Deduces Kerry's "Secret Plan" for Social Security; Young Voters Want Social Security Leadership from Presidential Contenders; and more!

Social Security This Week: July 30, 2004 (PDF, 132 Kb., 8 pp) In Social Security This Week: Democratic Platform Silent about Social Security Fix; A Democrat Makes the Case for Private Accounts; Ramesh Ponnuru on the Competing Reform Bills; and more!

Social Security This Week: July 23, 2004 (PDF, 107 Kb., 7 pp) In Social Security This Week: Legislation Based on Cato's "6.2% Solution" Introduced; Rep. Paul Ryan Unveils Social Security Reform Plan; CBO: Private Accounts Will Fix Social Security Financing; and more!

Social Security This Week: July 16, 2004 (PDF, 79 Kb. 6 pp) In Social Security This Week: Johnson, Toomey, Flake to Introduce Cato's "6.2 Percent Solution"; Hartford Courant Sees Social Security as a Campaign Issue; and more!

Social Security This Week: July 9, 2004 (PDF, 52 Kb. 3 pp) In Social Security This Week: Piñera Stirs Up Debate with Calls for Reform at La Raza Conference; plus three new publications!

Social Security This Week: June 25, 2004 (PDF, 87 Kb. 8 pp) In Social Security This Week: DeMint Victory Another Win for Social Security Reform; Tanner Responds to CBO Report on Social Security; Kerry, Bush Seen Ducking Social Security Debate; and much more!

Social Security This Week: June 18, 2004 (PDF, 99 Kb. 8 pp) In Social Security This Week: CBO Releases New Projection of Social Security Finances; Gokhale Critical of CBO Report; Robert Novak: Will Bush Attempt Reform in a Second Term?; and much more!

Social Security This Week: June 11, 2004 (PDF, 90 Kb. 6 pp) In Social Security This Week: Reagan on Social Security; Wall Street Journal: Avoid "Free Lunch" in Creating Individual Accounts; David John: Social Security Mess Is Not the Legacy We Want to Leave Our Children; and much more!

Social Security This Week: June 4, 2004 (PDF, 64 Kb. 4 pp) In Social Security This Week: Cato's José Piñera to Address the National Council of La Raza; NTU Leader: Social Security Reform Is Key Campaign Issue; Individual Account Supporter Next Federal Reserve Chairman?; and much more!

Social Security This Week: May 28, 2004 (PDF, 75 Kb. 5 pp) In Social Security This Week: National Review: Republican Silence on Social Security Is a Mistake; Philanthropy Magazine: Private Retirement Accounts Will Help the Working Poor Create Wealth; and Private Accounts Provide Pre- and Post-retirement Benefits!

Social Security This Week: May 21, 2004 (PDF, 110 Kb. 11 pp) Armey: Private Accounts Will be Key to Bush Reelection; Cato's Rodriguez Tells Senate Aging Committee America Can Learn from Chile's Pension Reform; William Shipman: Reform an Issue of Personal Liberty; and much more!

Social Security This Week: May 14, 2004 (PDF, 67 Kb. 5 pp) Scott Burns: Private Accounts Give Workers a Fair Shake; Jerry Heaster: Social Security's Fatal Flaw; plus upcoming events and new publications!

Social Security This Week: May 7, 2004 (PDF, 86 Kb. 7 pp) Crane May Head Social Security Panel in 2005; Kondracke: Bush and Kerry Must Provide Leadership on Social Security Reform; Lawrence Kudlow: Wealth and Retirement Prosperity with PRAs; and much more!

Social Security This Week: April 30, 2004 (PDF, 124 Kb. 10 pp) Cato Institute Releases New Book on Social Security Reform; AEI's Kevin Hassett Warns about Government Investing; Alan Reynolds: Social Security Taxes Can Be a Disincentive to Work; Arnold Kling Discusses the Philosophy behind Private Accounts; and much more!

Social Security This Week: April 23, 2004 (PDF, 113 Kb. 10 pp) Kerry Denies Social Security Crisis; Former SSA Head Calls for Individual Accounts; Benefits Specialist: Women Should Take an Active Interest in the Social Security Debate; Ownership of Contributions Is the Missing Ingredient; and much more!

Social Security This Week: April 16, 2004 (PDF, 81 kb. 7 pp) NYT: Social Security Will Be a Defining Issue This Election Year; Abdnor and Vargas: PRAs Are a Better Choice for Women and Minorities; Harvey: Tax Time Illustrates the Case for Reform; and much more!

Social Security This Week: April 9, 2004 (PDF, 88 kb. 5 pp.) NYT Editorial: "Political Will" Necessary for Social Security Reform; Survey Finds Retirement Optimism Is Unwarranted; IRET President: Benefit Formula is the Problem, Private Accounts the Solution; and much more!

Social Security This Week: April 2, 2004 (PDF, 161 kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Quinnipiac Poll: Majority Support Individual Accounts; Tanner: Presidential Candidates Must Address Social Security; Reform Called Critical for Young Workers; and much more!

Social Security This Week: March 26, 2004 (PDF, 76 kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week: 2004 Trustees Report: Social Security Financing Worsens; Snow Says Individual Accounts Key to Social Security Reform; Cato’s 6.2% Plan Endorsed by Seniors Organization; Kemp on ARP vs. AARP; and much more!

Social Security This Week: March 19, 2004 (PDF, 89 kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Cato Plan Touted as Viable Option; Penny: Nonpartisan Voices Prove Need for Reform; Organizations Announce New Pro-reform Alliance; and much more!

Social Security This Week: March 12, 2004 (PDF, 96 kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Kerry Attacks "Privatization;" Tanner Criticizes Response to Greenspan; Cato Senior Fellow Alan Reynolds: Alan Greenspan Was Correct about Social Security; and much more!

Social Security This Week: March 5, 2004 (PDF, 96 kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Grassley to Bush: Make Social Security Campaign Issue; Investor's Business Daily Backs Cato's 6.2% Solution; Gokhale and Smetters Make the Political Case for Reform; and much more!

Social Security This Week: February 27, 2004 (PDF, 84 kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Greenspan Helps to Set Stage for Reform; Bush Campaign Speech Highlights Social Security Reform; Social Security Debate Continues; and much more!

Social Security This Week: February 20, 2004 (PDF, 86 kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Cato Unveils Revamped Social Security Website; New Cato Study Warns that Social Security is a Bad Deal for Workingwomen; Tanner: Totalization Agreements Not a Treat; and much more!

Social Security This Week: February 13, 2004 (PDF, 91 kb. 8pp.) In Social Security This Week: Cato's Security Solution; White House: Social Security Reform Key to Long-term Debt Reduction; Latest Polling Little Confidence in Social Security; and much more!

Social Security This Week: February 6, 2004 (PDF, 84 kb. 6pp.) In Social Security This Week: Dean: Social Security Not in Need of Reform; West Wing Tackles Social Security Reform; Poll: Support for Individual Accounts Still Strong; and much more!

Social Security This Week: January 30, 2004 (PDF, 81 kb. 6pp.)In Social Security This Week: Slovakia Adopts Individual Accounts; Shipman: Low-Cost Private Account Management Possible; Washington Times Urges Action on Social Security Reform; and much more!

Social Security This Week: January 23, 2004 (PDF, 95 kb. 8pp.) In Social Security This Week: Bush Plugs Social Security Reform in State of the Union; Cato Reform Plan Viewed as an “Honest” Approach; Brannon: Personal Accounts Needed to Avert Disaster; and much more!

Social Security This Week: January 16, 2004 (PDF, 87 kb. 5pp.) In Social Security This Week: White House: Social Security Reform to be Highlighted in State of the Union; New Ad Challenges Candidates on Social Security; Democrat Candidates Must Address Social Security; and much more!

Social Security This Week: January 9, 2004(PDF, 79 kb. 6pp.) In Social Security This Week: Ferrara Defends Limiting Federal Spending to Finance Reform; IMF Warns about Unsustainable Entitlement Spending; Personal Retirement Accounts Give GOP Election Strength; and much more!

Social Security This Week: December 15, 2003 (PDF, 102 kb. 7pp.) In Social Security This Week: New Social Security Proposals Promise 2004 Debate; A New Study Show that Faster Growth Doesn't Help Social Security; AARP Ducking out of Social Security Debate; and much more!

Social Security This Week: December 8, 2003 (PDF, 117 kb. 7pp.) In Social Security This Week: Scholars Include Tax Increases and Benefit Cuts to Reform Plan; Rep. Shaw Promotes Urgent Personal Account Legislation; Promise of Social Security Reform puts Bush on Track for 2004; and much more!

Social Security This Week: December 1, 2003 (PDF, 94 kb. 7pp.) In Social Security This Week: Gokhale to Join Cato Social Security Team; Wall Street Journal: Viable Large Personal Accounts; Ferrara Touts Reform Plan; LA Times Says Bush will Campaign for Social Security Reform; and much more!

Social Security This Week: November 17, 2003 (PDF, 99 kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Sen. Graham’s Bill Introduced to the Senate; Social Security Reform Groups Praise Graham Bill; Washington Post: Bush will Push Social Security Reform; Shipman Offers Proposals on Administering Individual Accounts; and much more!

Social Security This Week: November 10, 2003 (PDF, 86 kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Cato’s Tanner Says Polling Suggests Social Security a 2004 Winner; Bipartisan Congressional Letter Calls for Bush to Allocate Funds for Social Security Reform; Some Still Claim Growth Will Solve Social Security Problem; Trust Fund Illusions; and much more!

Social Security This Week: November 3, 2003 (PDF, 90 kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: NCPA Study Confirms: Accounts Progressive for Women; Accrual Accounting Method Restores Accurate Fiscal Picture; Personal Retirement Accounts Allow Optimal Choice; Younger Voters Can Sway Politicians On Social Security; and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 27, 2003 (PDF, 93 kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security Actuaries; New Cato Study: Private Investments Yield More Than Social Security; Gallup Poll Shows Strong Support for Accounts; Technical Panel Recommends Change in Social Security’s Financial Status Estimates; Deputy Social Security Commissioner Says Change Is Necessary; and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 20, 2003 (PDF, 156 kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security Actuaries: Raising the Cap Is Not a Permanent Solution; Social Security’s Future Needs Investment and Liability Recognition; Costello on Fox News; Accounts Would Settle Gay Union Benefit Disputes; and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 13, 2003 (PDF, 97 kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: CBO Warns on Social Security Solvency; AARP Wrong on Social Security and Women; NPR’s Matthew Miller Touts Individual Accounts and Price Indexing; Entitlements Spending Threatens Financial Future; and much more!

Social Security This Week: October 6, 2003 (PDF, 107 kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Government FY Accounting Distors Actual Figures; Bolton Restates Commitment; Warns of Escalating Entitlement Defiicits; Adjustment to Looming Age Wave; and much more!

Social Security This Week: September 29, 2003 (PDF, 102 kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: DeMint Introduce Social Security Reform Bill; Tanner: Credible Dems Must State Position on Social Security; Forbes Encourages Administration to Stand on Personal Accounts; and much more!

Social Security This Week: September 22, 2003 (PDF, 129 kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security Goes to the Senate Floor; Former Congressman Penny Rules Out Alternative Solutions; Commissioner Barnhart Confirms: Future Benefits in Danger; and more!

Social Security This Week: September 8, 2003 (PDF, 89 kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Rep. Smith Introduces Retirement Security Act; Smith Bill Draws Praise from Advocates of Social Security Reform and much more!

Social Security This Week: September 1, 2003 (PDF, 97 kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security Expected to be Theme of Bush Reelection Bid; Kerry Explains Means-testing Plan … Sort of; Former Congressman Penny: Face the Facts! and much more!

Social Security This Week: August 18, 2003 (PDF, 100 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: BAMPAC’s Alvin Williams: Reform Corrects Benefit Inequities; Social Security Benefits about to Go “Over the Cliff”; Russia’s Pension Reform Invites Financial Stability; Merrill Lynch Survey Concludes Workers ill-Prepared for Retirement I and much more!

Social Security This Week - August 11, 2003 (PDF, 129 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week: August 14, Social Security Turns 68!; Kerry May Support Means-Testing; DeMint Drums Up Support in South Carolina; Democrats Get a Glimpse of 2004 Social Security Debate and much more!

Social Security This Week - July 28, 2003 (PDF, 123 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: GAO Report Urges Congress to Reform Social Security; Walker, Lockhart, and Saving Testify before Committee on Aging; USA Today: Candidates Should Join the Social Security Debate and much more!

Social Security This Week - July 21, 2003 (PDF, 118 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Bipartisan Group Calls for "Cease-Fire" on Social Security Reform; Novak on "Cease-Fire" Letter; White House and Others Support "Cease-Fire" Call; Social Security Seen as a Winning Issue and much more!

Social Security This Week - July 14, 2003 (PDF, 114 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: OMB’s Josh Bolton: Social Security Still Priority for President; Reform Held Back By Budgetary Shortsights; Alternatives Cannot Sustain System nor Win Voters’ Support; What the Social Security Administration Doesn’t Say and much more!

Social Security This Week - July 7, 2003 (PDF, 68 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security Central to Campaign ‘04!; Social Security Challenges Future Generations; U.S. Rep. Nick Smith Joins the Ranks of Supporters and much more!

Social Security This Week - June 30, 2003 (PDF, 93 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Growth of Social Security: Aging and Increased Benefits; Lowest Recorded U.S. Birthrate Signals Demographic Wave; Social Security will not Insure in the Future; and more!

Social Security This Week - June 23, 2003 (PDF, 127 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Ari Fleischer: Social Security Remains Priority for White House; Social Security Called Bush’s Legacy; Howard Dean on Social Security: Raise Retirement Age; Payroll Taxes; NCPA, Black Chamber of Commerce Launch Joint Social Security Effort and much more!

Social Security This Week - June 16, 2003 (PDF, 104 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week: CBO Report Blasts Government Investing; Toomey Continues Social Security Road Show; Ferrara Touts Social Security Plan and more!

Social Security This Week - June 9, 2003 (PDF, 115 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: World Bank: Accounts Increase Women’s Rates of Return; Cato Event: Entitlement Spending to Consume Entire Federal Budget; IPI Offers Progressive Account Proposal; Heritage Foundation: Reform Ensures Protection of Disabled and much more!

Social Security This Week - June 2, 2003 (PDF, 105 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Concord Coalition: Social Security Liabilities Top $24 Trillion; Demographic Shifts Counter Increased Productivity; Pat Toomey Champions Social Security Reform and more!

Social Security This Week - May 26, 2003 (PDF, 126 Kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week: French Lessons for U.S. on Social Security; Securing Retirement Income for Tomorrow’s Retirees; Baby Boom Entitlements Consume Future Federal Budget; NCPA Study: Working Couples Face High Social Security Burden and much more!

Social Security This Week - May 19, 2003 (PDF, 116 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Simple Duct Tape Measures Can’t Save Social Security; Slovakia Moves to Two-Tiered Financing; The Chilean Story: A Narrative of Social and Economic Reform; Concord Coalition: Lessons to Learn from 2003 Report and much more!

Social Security This Week - May 12, 2003 (PDF, 128 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Lessons to Learn from “Old Europe”; Personal Retirement Accounts Narrow the Wealth Gap; Social Security Delay Heightens Political Stake and much more!

Social Security This Week - May 5, 2003 (PDF, 118 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: GPO/WEP Argument Solved by Personal Accounts; 2003 Survey: Minority Workers Less Confident about Retirement; Reform Movement Welcomes Social Security Advisory; Washington’s Best Kept Secret: Social Security Liabilities and much more!

Social Security This Week - April 28, 2003 (PDF, 116 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Cato Scholar Accepts Position at Social Security Administration; GAO Study: Minorities Receive Less in Benefits with Social Security; Toomey Chooses His Battle; Infinite Horizon Calculations Strengthen Case for Reform and much more!

Social Security This Week - April 21, 2003 (PDF, 110 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Tn Social Security This Week: Reform Can Include Large Accounts and Fiscal Responsibility; Moynihan: Accounts Good Policy for Low-income Workers, Minorities; Personal Accounts Can Deter Intermediate and Pessimistic Forecasts; and more!

Social Security This Week - April 14, 2003 (PDF, 114 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Trustees Report Shows Need For Reform; Tanner Says Social Security Reform Should Top Domestic Agenda; Brock Gets It Wrong; Sen. Graham Lauded For Social Security Stance; Latest Polling Shows Support for Personal Accounts and much more!

Social Security This Week - April 7, 2003 (PDF, 106 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Chief Actuary Warns Against Delaying Reform; Atlanta Fed Study: PAYGO Systems More Risky Than Private Accounts; Independent Actuaries Warn Against InactionEditorial Praises Moynihan for his “Stand Against the Wind” and much more!

Social Security This Week - March 31, 2003 (PDF, 108 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: House Approves Bill Closing the “Last Day” Loophole; AARP Admits Tradeoffs to Solvency Proposals; Social Security’s Declining Role and much more!

Social Security This Week - March 24, 2003 (PDF, 127 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security Movement Loses Champion Patrick Moynihan; Senator Moynihan’s Last Legacy; Armey: New Hampshire Will Lead on Social Security;Sen. Craig Backs Reform on the Senate Floor and much more!

Social Security This Week - March 17, 2003 (PDF, 137 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security Deficit Increases by Trillions; President Shows Support For Personal Accounts; Senate Passes Urging Action on Social Security Resolution; Centrist Democrats on Social Security: “Fix It Now” and much more!

Social Security This Week - March 10, 2003 (PDF, 127 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Trustees Report to be Released on Monday; Loophole Debate Highlights Lack of Property Rights; US Treasury’s Fisher Warns Against Reform Bias and much more!

Social Security This Week - March 3, 2003 (PDF, 128 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Greenspan Warns Against Reform Delays; Clarifying Social Security Accounting; DeMint Outlines Reasons for Reform and much more!

Social Security This Week - February 17, 2003 (PDF, 112 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security University; The FICA Flaw; Grassroots Action In Iowa!; American Prospect Criticism of Cato Polling Misfires and much more!

Social Security This Week - February 10, 2003 (PDF, 114 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security: The Real Death Tax; The Push for Private Accounts; Greenspan Testifies Before the Senate Banking Committee and much more!

Social Security This Week - February 3, 2003 (PDF, 222 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: The Real Fiscal Danger; Narrow "Wealth Gap" With Personal Accounts; Stenholm Proposes New "Axis" to Battle and much more!

Social Security This Week - January 27, 2003 (PDF, 115 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: President Maintains Commitment to Individual Accounts; Congressional Momentum Builds; Clarifying "Double Taxation" in Social Security; Will China Save U.S. Social Security? and much more!

Social Security This Week - January 20, 2003 (PDF, 109 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Bush expected to renew Social Security initiative in State of the Union Address; Public Support For Social Security Choice Remains High; No cause for panic? ; Taxes on Benefits Slated to Rise Over Time and much more!

Social Security This Week - January 13, 2003 (PDF, 143 Kb. 11 pp.) In Social Security This Week: GAO Study Confirms Personal Account Plans Strengthen System, Increase Benefits for Low-Wage and Disabled; AARP: Honest Broker or Honestly Broken?; National Committee Should Stick to the Facts; Personal retirement accounts trump Social Security fund and much more!

Social Security This Week - January 6, 2003 (PDF, 130 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week: New Cato Study: European Pension System Unsustainable; Kyl: A New Year’s Reform Resolution; Pork for Pensions; Personal Accounts Beat A Payroll Tax Holiday and much more!

Social Security This Week - December 16, 2002 (PDF, 156 Kb. 13 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Think Social Security is Off the Agenda? Think again; What Did Clinton Say Again?; Is the Payroll Tax a Tax?; Payroll Tax Holiday Not What We Need and much more!

Social Security This Week - December 9, 2002 (PDF, 139 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week: New Bush Aides Should Be Strong on Social Security; Matsui Fails to Heed Own Call to "Put Aside False Rhetoric"; Kolbe Urges Action on Reform and much more!

Social Security This Week - December 2, 2002 (PDF, 138 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Washington Post Calls for Debate; Clinton on Social Security;“The Third Rail is Dead”; DLC: Pledge Campaign a Failure; USA Today: Debate Ready To Re-Ignite and much more!

Social Security This Week - November 18, 2002 (PDF, 158 Kb. 12 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Treasury Dept: Entitlements "an accident waiting to happen"; Pension Reform Around the World; Perspectives on Election 2002 and much more!

Social Security This Week - November 11, 2002 (PDF, 145 Kb. 11 pp.) In Social Security This Week: White House Weighing Action Next Year; Polls Confirm Support for Personal Accounts; Kolbe and Stenholm Reintroduce Bipartisan Reform Plan and much more!

Social Security This Week - November 4, 2002 (PDF, 144 Kb. 13 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Tanner Social Security and the 2002 Election; Bush: Social Security "An Incredibly Important Debate"; Races to Watch: The Results Are In!; Social Security Referendum and much more!

Social Security This Week - October 28, 2002 (PDF, 146 Kb. 12 pp.) In Social Security This Week: CBO Trust Funds Are "Simply Accounting Devices";Races to Watch; Dueling Op-Eds and much more!

Social Security This Week - October 21, 2002 (PDF, 116 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: White House Reaffirms Support For Individual Accounts; COLA's, Congress, and Change; Private Accounts Alive and Well; and much more!

Social Security This Week - October 14, 2002 (PDF, 114 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Dueling Pledges;National Journal: Republicans Could Push Social Security Reform Next Year; Government Investment Perils and much more!

Social Security This Week - October 7, 2002 (PDF, 140 Kb. 11 pp.) In Social Security This Week: SSA Actuaries Show Personal Accounts Give More "Bang for the Buck" than Current Program; The Toomey Touch; New Democrat Marshall: Democrats in "total denial" on Social Security; Fact Checking Claims on Social Security and much more!

Social Security This Week - September 30, 2002 (PDF, 111 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Cato Analyst Testifies to Senate Finance Committee; COMPASS Releases TV Ads; Flip-Flops, Principles & Politics; Lies & Levity and much more!

Social Security This Week - September 23, 2002 (PDF, 106 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Poll Results Show Americans Say Social Security Must Be Fixed; Not So Simple Arithmetic on Social Security; Avoid Distractions! and much more!

Social Security This Week - September 16, 2002 (PDF, 120 Kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week: New Cato Study: Despite Lagging Market, Personal Accounts Still Better than Social Security;Cato Analyst to Testify Before Congress; It Must Have Been An Un-Outrageous Week...; Nasty in Nevada and much more!

Social Security This Week - September 9, 2002 (PDF, 116 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Tanner Calls for a Fair Discussion; What If We'd Already Privatized Social Security?; Diamond and Orszag Still Offer the "Wrong Fix" for Social Security and much more!

Social Security This Week - September 3, 2002 (PDF, 103 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week: New Organization Launches Social Security Education Campaign; What Do Younger Americans Have to Gain from Reform?; P-Word Controversy and much more!

Social Security This Week - August 26, 2002 (PDF, 57 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security University Recap; Rep. Fossella Argues for Personal Retirement Accounts; NRCC: Personal Account Opponents Misrepresent Filner Vote and much more!

Social Security This Week - August 19, 2002 (PDF, 78 Kb. 11 pp.) In Social Security This Week: New Cato Study: Social Security Commission Recommendations a Strong Start; Cato Institute, Third Millennium and America's Future Foundation to Sponsor Series on Social Security and Young Americans; Lindsey: Reform Worth Borrowing For and much more!

Social Security This Week - August 12, 2002 (PDF, 128 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Kerrey, Rudman Blast "Do Nothing" Approach to Social Security Reform; Barone Criticizes Republican Tactics on Social Security; Dallas Morning News Criticizes both Democrats and Republicans on Social Security and much more!

Social Security This Week - August 5, 2002 (PDF, 66 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Houston Chronicle: Personal Retirement Accounts are a Winner; Baker and John on Market Downturns;WSJ: South America Offers a Lesson in Pension Reform; Shaw Has a Plan and much more!

Social Security This Week - July 29, 2002 (PDF, 74 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week: CBO Clears Up Confusion on Social Security; WSJ: "Stop Trying to Scare People out of a Good Deal"; Leaving Social Security Alone is Not Enough; Lindsey on Personal Accounts: "We Have No Choice" and much more!

Social Security This Week - July 22, 2002 (PDF, 49 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: New Cato-Zogby Poll Shows Two-Thirds of Likely Voters Support Personal Social Security Accounts; Whitehouse Still Behind Individual Accounts; Bray: A No-Account System and much more!

Social Security This Week - July 15, 2002 (PDF, 59 Kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Bush Administration Reiterates Support for Personal Retirement Accounts; Down Market No Reason to Turn Against Accounts; Piñera on the Chilean Model and much more!

Social Security This Week - July 8, 2002 (PDF, 71 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week: This Week Gallup Poll: Social Security Tops Americans' Financial Fears; McCain: Private Accounts "Only Viable" Solution; USA Today: Support for Personal Accounts Holds Strong; CBO: Entitlement Reform Must Look to Long-Term and much more!

Social Security This Week - June 24, 2002 (PDF, 45 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week: First Social Security, Now Unemployment; National Journal: The Social Security Wonk Wars; CSIS: The Global Retirement Crisis and much more!

Social Security This Week - June 17, 2002 (PDF, 80 Kb. 12 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Democrats Present Discharge Petition; Diamond-Orszag Study "Fundamentally Flawed and Unfair"; Moynihan and Parsons Decry Partisanship and much more!

Social Security This Week - June 10, 2002 (PDF, 55 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Barnhart: Criticism of Individual Accounts Unfair; Senate Democrats Rejects the Commission's Proposals; Tanner: Where's Your Plan? and much more!

Social Security This Week - June 3, 2002 (PDF, 99 Kb. 14 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Biggs on the Rejection of Social Security Privatization Act of 2002; Tanner: The Demagoguery Begins; Round Three: Biggs vs. Corzine and much more!

Social Security This Week - May 27, 2002 (PDF, 72 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Support for Individual Accounts Crosses Party Lines; Answering Matsui in the National Journal; Dallas Morning News: Start a National Dialogue; Reform Opponents Link Reform to Enron and much more!

Social Security This Week - May 20, 2002 (PDF, 65 Kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Senator Corzine Attacks Cato; Scare Tactics Revealed; Hispanics and Social Security, A Cato Conference and much more!

Social Security This Week - May 13, 2002 (PDF, 106 Kb. 16 pp.) In Social Security This Week: White House Plans to Fight on Social Security; Fighting Over the "P-Word"; Claims of Benefit Cuts Ring Hollow and much more!

Social Security This Week - April 29, 2002 (PDF, 63 Kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Truth and Fiction in Sen. Corzine's Radio Address on Social Security; Economic Policy Institute Retirement Study Flawed; Century Foundation Misses Mark on African Americans and much more!

Social Security This Week - April 21, 2002 (PDF, 98 Kb. 11 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Make Way for A Debate; Social Security's Long-Term Problem Grows Ever-Larger; Crane: Social Security Privatization will Benefit African Americans and much more!

Social Security This Week - April 15, 2002 (PDF, 36 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Matsui: Permanent Tax Cuts Bill Will Raid Social Security; WSJ: Reform Could be an Uphill Struggle; Current System's Inadequacies Hurt Retiring Women and much more!

Social Security This Week - April 8, 2002 (PDF, 139 Kb. 12 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Social Security Trust Fund is an "illusion," warns former CBO Director June O'Neill; Abdnor, O'Neill Headline Conference on Women and Social Security; Biggs: Account Critics Fear a National Debate; The White House and NRCC Prepare to Return Fire and much more!

Social Security This Week - April 1, 2002 (PDF, 43 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week: NPR Poll: Americans Support Individual Accounts; CRS: Stock Returns Vary, but Always Beat Social Security; Commission Members Praise DeFazio for Issuing Proposal; Tanner: Time Is Right To Debate Social Security Reform and much more!

Social Security This Week - March 25, 2002 (PDF, 62 Kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week: Trustees say Unfunded Liability Tops $25 Trillion; Public Trustees Make Clear: Trust Fund Can't Help Pay Benefits; Trustees Tweak Several Key Assumptions and Much more!

Social Security This Week - March 11, 2002 (PDF, 103 Kb. 14 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Social Security and African Americans; Both Sides Call for a Debate; Current Program's Benefit Structure Out of Date and much more!

Social Security This Week - March 4, 2002 (PDF, 46 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Gephardt Has a Secret; Business Week: Get Serious about Reform; Commissioners Respond to Matsui Critique; Entitlement Programs Will Overwhelm the Budget and much more!

Social Security This Week - February 25, 2002 (PDF, 55 Kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Gephardt to Press Floor Vote on Reform; Bush Gives a Strong Statement on Private Accounts; Greenspan Says Personal Accounts Should be Considered; Armey speaks on the "Importance of Social Security Reform" and Much More!

Social Security This Week - February 19, 2002 (PDF, 79 Kb. 11 pp.) In Social Security This Week, New Public Still Supports Accounts; Guarantee Bill Could Come Up Soon; Lindsey and Hubbard on Social Security Reform and much more!

Social Security This Week - February 15, 2002 (PDF, 73 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week, New Biggs on Enron; Goodbye Lockbox; Lieberman Blasts Personal Accounts; and much more!

Social Security This Week - January 28, 2002 (PDF, 70 Kb. 18 pp.) In Social Security This Week, New Cato Study Shows Critics Of Social Security Privatization Support Benefit Cuts, Tax Increases; Latest Poll Results: Public Still Backs Individual Accounts; State of the Union: Bush Plugs Social Security Reform; AWRS Offers Response to Enron Demagoguery and Much More!

Social Security This Week - January 21, 2002 (PDF, 40 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Bush Returns to Social Security Themes; Armey to Offer Views on Social Security Reform; Privatization Foes Vow to Make It Election Issue and much more!

Social Security This Week - January 14, 2002 (PDF, 33 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato Scholar: Enron Not Relevant to Social Security Debate; Lindsey: President Will Bush Social Security Reform; Kerrey Named Co-Chair of Concord Coalition and much more!

Social Security This Week - January 7, 2002 (PDF, 48 Kb. 14 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Daschle: No to Privatization; New Study Warns Social Security's Finances Worse Than Thought; Poll: Bush Will Be Judged On Social Security; Gramm Offers Privatization Proposal and much more!

Social Security This Week - December 31, 2001 (PDF, 26 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, A Critical Year for Reform; National Review: Social Security Privatization a Winning Issue; The Return of Andrew Biggs and more!

Social Security This Week - December 17, 2001 (PDF, 50 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Michael Barone: Republicans Should Run on Social Security; Another Pro-Privatization Candidate wins Special Election; Commission Releases Final Report; Armey, DeMint Introduce Social Security Reform Bill and much more!

Social Security This Week - December 10, 2001 (PDF, 51 Kb. 12 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Commission Endorses Individual Accounts, Calls for "Year of Debate."; White House Restates Support for Individual Accounts; Young People Offer Support for Social Security Reform and much more!

Social Security This Week - December 3, 2001 (PDF, 32 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Poll Shows No Decline in Support for Individual Accounts After September 11; White House: Bush Will Push For Individual Accounts; New Cato Study: Privatization Would Help Poor and much more!

Social Security This Week - November 26, 2001 (PDF, 43 Kb. 12 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Commission Unveils Options for Individual Accounts; Lindsey Says Bush Still Committed to Individual Accounts, Sees Action in 2003; Kolbe, Stenholm Say "No Plan, No Play"; and much more!

Social Security This Week - November 19, 2001 (PDF, 117 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Commission to Propose Several Options for Establishing Individual Accounts; Scholars Tell China to Privatize Its Pension System; The Third Rail Fails Again and much more!

Social Security This Week - October 29, 2001 (PDF, 117 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Farewell to the "Lockbox"; Administration Sees 2003 Push for Social Security Reform; Final Preparations for Conference on China Pension Reform; Blackwell To Speak at Conference On "African-Americans and Social Security" and much more!

Social Security This Week - October 22, 2001 (PDF, 30 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Black Chamber of Commerce, Cato to Host Conference on African-Americans and Social Security; New Cato Study Looks at Social Security Reform Around the World and much more!

Social Security This Week - October 15, 2001 (PDF, 33 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Commission Resumes Hearings: Experts Debate Privatization; Commission Report Will Not Be Delayed; Pro-Privatization Activists Vow Continued Push for Reform; NCPA Offers Reform Proposal and much more!

Social Security This Week - October 8, 2001 (PDF, 51 Kb. 11 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato Scholar to Testify at October 18 Commission Meeting; Rumor Control: Moynihan Not Leaving; From Canada: A Cautionary Tale on Government Investing; Military Personnel Now Eligible for TSP; Record Number of Americans Own Mutual Funds and much more!

Social Security This Week - October 1, 2001 (PDF, 30 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, New Cato Calculator Released; New Cato Study: Criticism of Commission Unfounded; Commission Report May Be Delayed; and much more!

Social Security This Week - September 24, 2001 (PDF, 54 Kb. 12 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Commission to Meet October 18; Finance Committee Reschedules Hearing for Social Security Commissioner; Republican Leadership Eyeing DeMint Plan; An Interview With Jose Pinera; and much more!

Social Security This Week - August 27, 2001 (PDF, 42 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Social Security Commission To Hear From All Sides; Pollster Rasmussen Says Public Supports Social Security Choice; Surplus Argument Continues; TNR Attacks Bob Johnson and more!

Social Security This Week - August 20, 2001 (PDF, 67 Kb. 14 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Commission Focuses on Viability of Individual Accounts; Former Cato VP Lea Abdnor Named to Commission; Bush Renews Support for Individual Accounts; Shrinking Surplus Revives Lock Box Debate and more!

Social Security This Week - August 6, 2001 (PDF, 37 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Union Poll Shows Privatization Gaining Support; Democrats Given Anti-Privatization Prep Kits; Cato's Social Security Efforts in Spotlight and more!

Social Security This Week - July 30, 2001 (PDF, 46 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato Scholar Tells Congress Chilean System Offers Model for Reform; Savings, Mitchell on the "Trust Fund"; Kolbe, Stenholm Introduce Bipartisan Reform Bill; New Study: Stock Market Less Risky Than Social Security and more!

Social Security This Week - July 23, 2001 (PDF, 40 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Commission Defends Interim Report; Cato Forum Examines Interim Report; 20 Democrats Back Commission In House Vote; Privatization Foes Push Government Investment and more!

Social Security This Week - July 16, 2001 (PDF, 42 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Commission's Interim Report Says Social Security Facing Crisis; Social Security Advisory Board: "Act Now!"; White House: Women, Minorities Will Benefit From Privatization and more!

Social Security This Week - July 9, 2001 (PDF, 47 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Armey Warns of Social Security Crisis...And Matsui Responds; Munnell Pushes Government Investing; 401(k) Declines, No Reason to Worry About Privatization and more.

Social Security This Week - July 2, 2001 (PDF, 49 Kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Former Officials: Clinton Planned Individual Accounts; Cato Plans Social Security Conference in China; Journal Columnist Misses Point; and more.

Social Security This Week - June 25, 2001 (PDF, 391 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Americans Have Little Faith in Social Security; O'Neill, Democrats Clash over Trust Fund; World Bank Study: Government is Poor Investor; Washington Post Traces Privatization's Roots and more.

Social Security This Week - June 18, 2001 (PDF, 44 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Pro-Privatization Candidate Wins Virginia Special Election; Moynihan and Parsons on the Need for Reform; Unions Threaten Privatization Backers; SSA Launches Website for Women and much more.

Social Security This Week - June 11, 2001 (PDF, 44 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Commission Meets, Cites Urgency of Reform; Anti-Privatization Groups Attack Commission; Commission Establishes Website, Wants Input From Public; Bush Names Jo Anne Barnhart Social Security Commissioner and more.

Social Security This Week - June 4, 2001 (PDF, 37 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Social Security Privatization after Jeffords, 117 Congressmen Urge Commission to Back Individual Accounts, Grandparents for Social Security Privatization and more.

Social Security This Week - May 21, 2001 (PDF, 37 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Kolbe, Stenholm Suggest Principles for Reform; Railroad Retirement Bill is Back; Wall Street Does Not See Big Profits in Social Security Privatization; and more.

Social Security This Week - May 14, 2001 (PDF, 41 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato staffer moves to Social Security commission; polls show continued support for personal accounts, even among retirees; and more.

Social Security This Week - May 7, 2001 (PDF, 82 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, attacks on personal accounts fall short; entitlements threaten to suffocate the budget; new retirement confidence survey; and more.

Social Security This Week - April 30, 2001 (PDF, 128 Kb. 10 pp.) In Social Security This Week, President Bush names his reform commission, chaired by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan and AOL/Time Warner executive Richard Parsons.

Social Security This Week - April 23, 2001 (PDF, 58 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, O'Neill promotes reform; Conrad agrees on accounts but differs on funding; Portman-Cardin legislation good, but no substitute for Social Security action; and more.

Social Security This Week - April 16, 2001 (PDF, 48 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato begins radio ad campaign; Bush looks to Chilean Social Security model; "current law" Social Security benefits aren't what they seem; and more.

Social Security This Week - April 9, 2001 (PDF, 66 Kb. 8 pp.) In Social Security This Week, the Bush administration releases its budget; Putin promotes reform in Russia; the trustees speak on the trust fund; and more.

Social Security This Week - April 2, 2001 (PDF, 51 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Treasury's O'Neill reportedly skittish on reform; silly Social Security solutions; the danger in the lock-box, and more.

Social Security This Week - March 26, 2001 (PDF, 39 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Bush touts wealth-building aspects of privatization; new acting SSA commission named; financial advisors say current system is risky; and more.

Social Security This Week - March 19, 2001 (PDF, 48 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, strong growth can't avert need for reform; down market can't negate benefits of privatization; ATR support for railroad legislation misguided; and more.

Social Security This Week - March 12, 2001 (PDF, 64 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, the annual Trustees Report is due Monday; market jitters won't take steam out of privatization; Harvard scholar outlines risks associated with government pension programs; and more.

Social Security This Week - February 26, 2001 (PDF, 89 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, President Bush's budget contains enough money for significant personal accounts; Bush to name commission in spring; GAO says debt reduction options limited; and more.

Social Security This Week - February 19, 2001 (PDF, 44 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Bush to outline Social Security plans Feb. 27; new bill tries to address property rights problems with Social Security; disability program faces administration problems; and personal accounts popular in Sweden.

Social Security This Week - February 12, 2001 (PDF, 59 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, O'Neill promises reform plan following tax cut; Greenspan warns that surplus means choice between government or individual market investment; Thomas chides AARP on reform; personal accounts are payroll tax relief; and much more.

Social Security This Week - February 5, 2001 (PDF, 63 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, a new Cato poll shows continued support for personal accounts; a new Cato study shows African Americans with most to gain from privatization; report on disability misleading; and more.

Social Security This Week - January 27, 2001 (PDF, 41 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, the last chance to register for Cato conference; CBO budget numbers mean plenty of money for reform; a commission proposal with a twist; and more.

Social Security This Week - January 22, 2001 (PDF, 84 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Bush may appoint commission; Greenspan clearly favors privatization; Fed economist authors new Cato paper; and much more.

Social Security This Week - January 15, 2001 (PDF, 49 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, key Congressional Democrat to speak at Cato conference; Bush talks to McCain about commission; new Social Security Trustee says personal accounts more important than debt reduction; and more.

Social Security This Week - January 8, 2001 (PDF, 54 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, the outgoing SSA commissioner might be seeing the light; Sen. Breaux still stand up for accounts; Bush plan polls well, but can he follow through?; and much more.

Social Security This Week - January 1, 2001 (PDF, 55 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, PaineWebber head Donald Marron confirmed for Cato conference; new appointments will boost privatization; Black group says reform the top priority; and much more.

Social Security This Week - December 11, 2000 (PDF, 123 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato reform conference is confirmed; Bush reiterates support for reform; and OECD data shows action must come soon.

Social Security This Week - November 27, 2000 (PDF, 35 Kb. 3 pp.) In Social Security This Week, a pollster finds a clear message from voters; Romania finalizes privatization; and Cato continues planning for February conference.

Social Security This Week - November 17, 2000 (PDF, 95 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato plans a privatization conference for February; new budget numbers could make reform easier; and a new paper shows that both sides can agree that personal accounts raise incomes, cut poverty.

Social Security This Week - November 10, 2000 (PDF, 46 Kb. 2 pp.) In Social Security This Week, the presidential election's results leave reform in doubt, but one thing about Social Security reform is not: the electricity has gone out of the "third rail."

Social Security This Week - October 27, 2000 (PDF, 132 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Gore takes the low road but support for privatization remains high; a Cato book forum; and more.

Social Security This Week - October 6, 2000 (PDF, 113 Kb. 9 pp.) In Social Security This Week, the privatization ad blitz expands; new paper and study from Cato; the debates focus on Social Security; and more.

Social Security This Week - September 29, 2000 (PDF, 61 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, new polls show continued support for personal accounts; congressional races to watch; FDR's grandson says personal accounts true to Roosevelt's vision; and more.

Social Security This Week - September 22, 2000 (PDF, 79 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Bush again stresses reform; Moody's says Social Security default likely; Nader denies Social Security "crisis"; and much more.

Social Security This Week - September 8, 2000 (PDF, 60 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week, government investment of railroad retirement funds passes House; polls show support for personal accounts holds up; transition costs not an issue; and more.

Social Security This Week - September 1, 2000 (PDF, 55 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato begins pro-privatization radio ad campaign; José Piñera on pension reform in Russia; and more.

Social Security This Week - August 25, 2000 (PDF, 70 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, more on government investment in the Gore plan; a false attack on personal accounts; retirement savings depends on choice, not chance; and more.

Social Security This Week - August 18, 2000 (PDF, 72 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, a Democratic covention round-up, plus lock boxes get picked and Social Security causes poverty.

Social Security This Week - August 11, 2000 (PDF, 58 Kb. 3 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Gore VP pick Lieberman swiftly recants support for personal accounts; Bush vows reform action within six months of election; and more.

Social Security This Week - August 4, 2000 (PDF, 60 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, a special GOP convention round-up, with comments from Bush, Cheney and more.

Social Security This Week - July 28, 2000 (PDF, 52 Kb. 3 pp.) In Social Security This Week, the House votes to cut taxes on Social Security benefits; Cheney willing to make tough choices; Bush and Gore even on reform; and more.

Social Security This Week - July 21, 2000 (PDF, 54 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week, independent voters want personal accounts; allowing railroad fund to invest privately sets bad precedent for Social Security; repeal of income taxes on benefits stirs controversy, and more.

Social Security This Week - July 14, 2000 (PDF, 51 Kb. 3 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Senate Democrats offer legislation mirroring Gore proposals, House member to offer privacy legislation, and Social Security an issue in Senate races.

Social Security This Week - June 30, 2000 (PDF, 171 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Gore's plan includes government investment in private markets after all; Russia to propose pension privatization; the SSA looks at the Clinton administration proposal; and the numbers for Gore's supplemental retirement accounts don't add up.

Social Security This Week - June 23, 2000 (PDF, 70 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Vice President Gore introduces supplementary personal accounts; a new poll shows Bush ahead on Social Security; two new studies debunk critics of privatization; and more.

Social Security This Week - June 16, 2000 (PDF, 30 Kb. 3 pp.) In Social Security This Week, new budget numbers could make reform easier; the GOP to run Social Security ads in Spanish; Congressional opponents of reform often make big stock trades themselves; and more.

Social Security This Week - June 9, 2000 (PDF, 68 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, two new polls show support for personal accounts weathers attacks against it; Gore prepares for new proposals on Social Security; a new report on personal accounts misses the point; and more.

Social Security This Week - June 2, 2000 (PDF, 28 Kb. 3 pp.) In Social Security This Week, polls show political attacks personal accounts not cutting their support; opinion leaders weigh in on both sides; and more Social Security confusion in New Jersey Senate race.

Social Security This Week - May 26, 2000 (PDF, 35 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato releases a news study arguing that "saving Social Security" is not enough; New York Senate contender Rep. Rick Lazio endorses Social Security reform; and even AARP finds it hard to oppose personal accounts.

Social Security This Week - May 19, 2000 (PDF, 38 Kb. 8 pp.) Social Security This Week concentrates on Gov. Bush's announcement of principles for reform based on personal retirement accounts; Vice President Gore responds, while his own proposal comes under fire.

Social Security This Week - May 12, 2000 (PDF, 38 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Bush prepares for a Monday speech on Social Security reform; Democrats worry about Gore's stand against personal accounts; a new poll on Social Security, and more.

Social Security This Week - May 3, 2000 (PDF, 31 Kb. 5 pp.) Social Security This Week reports that reform is rapidly rising as an election issue. Bush to unveil reform proposal; Gore attacks, but backs off on plans to invest payroll taxes in the market. Plus, offset provisions may be phased out, and Louisiana seeks to keep its state workers out of Social Security.

Social Security This Week - April 28, 2000 (PDF, 27 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Russia turns to Cato for advice on pension reform; Bush shows confidence on Social Security reform; and Europe shows where the U.S. will be if Social Security doesn't change.

Social Security This Week - April 21, 2000 (PDF, 36 Kb. 4 pp.) This week, Cato releases a new study on why Social Security cannot give workers a true right to their benefits; market jitters shouldn't make supporters of personal accounts nervous; and a roundup of international pension news.

Social Security This Week - April 14, 2000 (PDF, 45 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week, an anti-privatization group seeks pledges against personal accounts; a new report on the strange ways Social Security treats families; and the newspapers see sense on Social Security reform.

Social Security This Week - April 7, 2000 (PDF, 55 Kb. 7 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Al Gore proposes benefit increases for women; Clinton signs the earnings test repeal, and other new legislation is introduced; and Bush advisor Lawrence Lindsey is interviewed on Social Security.

Social Security This Week - March 31, 2000 (PDF, 80 Kb. 6 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Social Security's Board of Trustees release a new report on the program; a new Zogby poll shows overwhelming support for privatization; and Alan Greenspan testifies on Social Security reform.

Social Security This Week - March 24, 2000 (PDF, 36 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Social Security on the front burner of the presidential campaign, Congress repeals the earnings test but fails to act on real reform, and the World Bank reports on why countries should avoid government management of pension assets.

Social Security This Week - March 17, 2000 (PDF, 36 Kb. 4 pp.) Social Security This Week reports on Gov. Bush making reform a priority, Cato's successful pension conference, and new criticism of the Clinton administration plan from the Congressional Budget Office.

Social Security This Week - March 3, 2000 (PDF, 29 Kb. 3 pp.) This week, the House votes to repeal Social Security's earnings test, new legislation is introduced to improve the information workers receive about Social Security, and the Cato Institute looks forward to a successful conference.

Social Security This Week - Feb. 25, 2000 (PDF, 28 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato responds to its critics, Bob Kerrey questions move to repeal the earnings test, and a study attacking personal accounts comes up short.

Social Security This Week - Feb. 18, 2000 (PDF, 31 Kb. 3 pp.) In Social Security This Week, Cato releases a briefing paper on moral hazard in the Archer-Shaw reform plan, a House subcommittee votes to eliminate the earnings test, and Congressman Mark Sanford (R-SC) introduces legislation to deposit payroll tax surpluses into personal retirement accounts.

Social Security This Week - Feb. 11, 2000 (PDF, 27 Kb. 4 pp.) In Social Security This Week, President Clinton reintroduces his proposal for the government to invest payroll taxes in the stock market; the administration's FY 2001 budget goes to great lengths to disguise the true nature of the Social Security Trust Fund; and a new study shows that Social Security actually redistributes money from poor to rich.

Social Security This Week - Feb. 4, 2000 (PDF, 23 Kb. 3 pp.) In Social Security This Week, future budget surpluses may be overestimated, saving Social Security falls from first to fifth, and the world looks to privatization to solve the global public pensions crisis.

Social Security This Week - Jan. 28, 2000 (PDF, 44 Kb. 5 pp.) This week sees evidence of public support for privatization in public opinion polls and the Iowa caucus polls; women business owners endorse personal retirement accounts; the President proposes more of the same, as do Bill Archer and Clay Shaw; and the new investor class gets bigger.

Social Security This Week - Jan. 21, 2000 (PDF, 125 Kb. 5 pp.) In Social Security This Week, we see a new report on income inequality (and how Social Security privatization is the best solution), a new debt repayment plan on the horizon, news on Nicaragua's private pension system, and a no-lose Senate race for Social Security.

Social Security This Week - Jan. 14, 2000 (PDF, 34 Kb. 5 pp.) John McCain introduced elements of his Social Security plan this week, while George W. Bush took to the air in South Carolina with his pledge not to cut benefits. Also, predicted increases in the Hispanic population could raise support for privatization, and attempts to link campaign donations to Social Security privatization fall short.

Social Security This Week - Jan. 7, 2000 (PDF, 68 Kb. 4 pp.) This week's round-up of Social Security activity over the Holidays brings rumors of a new reform proposal from John McCain, President Clinton's USA Accounts coming back into play, new research on replacement rates and divorce, and a surprising quiz on compound interest.

Social Security This Week - Dec. 17, 1999 (PDF, 29 Kb. 3 pp.) This week, a technical advisory panel warns that Social Security may be in worse shape than we've thought; John McCain speaks out on personal accounts; Lithuania and Macedonia take steps toward reform; and even "dummies" are in favor of privatization.

Social Security This Week - Nov. 29, 1999 (PDF, 48 Kb. 5 pp.) This week's highlights include the release of a new Cato Social Security Study, the GOP presidential debate, an increase in the retirement age and George W. Bush talking privatization.

Social Security This Week - Nov. 19, 1999 (PDF, 24 Kb. 4 pp.) -
This week, Congress and the President agreed on a budget that they claimed did not "raid" the Social Security Trust Fund, though the Congressional Budget Office saw things differently. Also, legislation to make the Social Security Statement more accurate and an update on privatization around the globe.

Social Security This Week - Nov. 12, 1999 (PDF, 27 Kb. 4 pp.) -
This week saw a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the President's revised Social Security plan. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers sang its praises, but the CBO and GAO weren't so generous. Also, Bush pledges to make reform featuring personal accounts a top priority if elected.

Social Security This Week - Nov. 5, 1999 (PDF, 26 Kb. 5 pp.) - This week, President Clinton's Social Security plan was introduced in the House, while Rep. Nick Smith (R-MI) introduced a plan of his own. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential contenders Al Gore and Bill Bradley clashed over reform while Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE) told them both to get serious.

Social Security This Week - Oct. 25, 1999 (PDF, 33 Kb. 5 pp.) - Social Security This Week sees President Clinton trying to resuscitate his Social Security plan while Republicans begin a Social Security offensive of their own. Also, an update on the presidential candidates, American's views on building wealth, and complicated politics for the California state pension system.