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There's a lot of rhetoric from the proponents of Social Security privatization as to why this must be so. We’ve been hearing a lot these days from the Bush administration about how Social Security is facing an impending crisis.

But there's always more than one side to a story, and we'd like to present you with some alternative points of view. It’s time to take a look at what others are saying about Social Security, its future, and the risks of “privatization.” It's not just Labor that's questioning the so-called Social Security "crisis." From Senior Citizens groups to the politicians themselves -- Republicans and Democrats alike -- there are a lot of folks expressing some pretty serious concerns about the current administration's plans for Social Security. Here, for your edification, is a sampling of what's being written these days...

Social Security Administration website
(Official Government Agency Website)

AARP Social Security Main Page

Don’t Mess with Success
(AARP; December 28, 2004)

Let's Not Turn Social Security into Social Insecurity
(AARP; January 3, 2005)

New AARP Ad Campaign Highlights Danger in Proposals for Private Accounts Carved Out of Social Security
(AARP; January 3, 2005)

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

The Social Security Network

Sign the Pledge to Protect Social Security

Does Social Security Face A Crisis in 2018?
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Revised January 11, 2005)

The Real Privatizer’s Social Security Calculator
(Institute for Women’s Policy Research)

So-Called “Price Indexing” Proposal Would Result in Deep Reductions Over Time in Social Security Benefits
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Revised January 11, 2005)

Senator Misrepresents CBO Report in Launching Misleading Attack on Fiscally Responsible Social Security Plan
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; January 4, 2005)

Ten Myths about Social Security
(Greg Anrig Jr., The Century Foundation, 1/26/2005)

Setting the Record Straight: Two False Claims about African Americans and Social Security
(Bernard Wasow, The Century Foundation, March 2002)

Race and Social Security: Cynical Politics
(TomPaine.com, January 27, 2005)

Little Black Lies
NY Times, January 28, 2005)

Destruction of Social Security Would Harm Black Communities
(Myra Rockeymoore, PhD, The Black Commentator; December 16, 2004)

Bush Argues His Social Security Plans Aids Blacks
(Boston Globe, January 30, 2005)

Save Social Security from White House
(St. Petersburg Times, December 26, 2004)

Save Social Security
(TomPaine.com; January 14, 2005)

Social Security Crisis? Hang on to Your Wallet!
(January 14, 2005)

GOP playbook Maps Social Security Push
(Seattle Times, January 31, 2005)

The Future of Social Security
(January 5, 2005)

Social Security, the Wrong Retirement Crisis
(January 14, 2005)

Don’t Use FDR to Undermine Social Security
(Boston Globe, January 31, 2005)

Our Best Anti-Poverty Program: Private accounts cannot match Social Security’s guaranteed benefits
(American Prospect)

Generational Warfare
(January 19, 2005)

The Bush administration likes to point to Chilean and British pension privatization programs to promote his own plans for the US. But it appears that there is trouble in paradise…

Bush Says Chile Has Lessons for U.S. on Social Security
(Cato Institute; April 23, 2001)

Yet others report…

Chile's Retirees Find Shortfall in Private Plan
(NY Times; January 27, 2005)

A Bloody Mess
(American Prospect; January 11, 2005)



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