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- 2030 Center - Public policy organization for young people. Favors strengthening Social Security for young workers.
www.2030.org
- 2030 Center - Social Security - How should Social Security be reformed for today's younger workers?
www.2030.org/ss.asp
- AARP: Social Security Works - Test your knowledge and find answers to some commonly asked questions about Social Security.
www.aarp.org/focus/ssecure/sshome.htm
- AFL-CIO on Social Security - Labor's opinion on privatization and other Social Security issues.
www.aflcio.org/socialsecurity
- Alliance for Retired Americans - Anti-privatization. Retired Americans and working families need a strong Social Security system to provide guaranteed benefits and protect families.
www.retiredamericans.org/issues_ss.htm
- Alliance For Worker Retirement Security - Advocates Social Security reform for the benefit of the American worker.
www.retiresecure.org
- Almanac of Policy Issues: Social Security - Background information and links on Social Security.
www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/social_security.shtml
- Cato's Social Security Reform Page - The Cato Institute favors privatizing Social Security. Privatization opponents base their opposition on misconceptions about the current system.
www.socialsecurity.org
- Choose Your Future - Social Security Reform - Social Security is unfair and headed for bankruptcy. Privatization can help Americans build wealth.
www.chooseyourfuture.com
- Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education - How would Social Security privatization benefit African Americans?
www.urbancure.org/social/social_security_reform.htm
- Common Sense on Social Security - Discusses various Social Security reform options.
www.sscommonsense.org
- Concord Coalition - Testimony, statements, assessments of reform proposals, from an organization dedicated to efficient government and preserving Social Security and Medicare.
www.concordcoalition.org/socialsecurity
- Employee Benefit Research Institute's Social Security Links - Links to articles, studies and policy analyses on Social Security reform.
www.ebri.org/SSProject/LINKS.html
- Employee Benefits Research Institute - EBRI's Social Security research program. Taxes, benefits, private accounts.
www.ebri.org/SSProject
- Estelle James - A member of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security, Dr. James' research focuses on social security reform, including the politics of the reform process and administrative costs of individual account systems.
www.estellejames.com
- Fund of National and International Security (Fund NIMB) - From Russia, a public amalgamation which functions in the name of the security of a man, a family, a society, a world community, and nature.
www.fnimb.org/eng/about
- Grandfather Social Security Report - Comparison of economic impact of Social Security on today's workers compared to prior generation: hard data in easy-to-understand graphics.
home.att.net/~mwhodges/soc_sec.htm
- Health Care and Social Security - Is Social Security unfair to minorities? Project 21, a leadership network of conservative African-Americans, answers that question and others. Links to policy analyses.
www.project21.org/Health.html
- Institute for America's Future - Social Security Superpage: Key issues, resources. What's new in the debate over Social Security's future.
socialsecurity.ourfuture.org
- International Center for Pension Reform - Promotes the reform of government-run pension systems along the Chilean model of private Retirement Savings Accounts.
www.pensionreform.org
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - IIASA's social security reform project. Social security reform from an international perspective. Includes issue papers on social security in Austria, China, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine.
www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/PUB/Catalog/PUB_PROJECT_SSR.html?sb=5
- International Reform Monitor--Bertelsman Foundation - Current issues and reforms in social insurance policy in these countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America.
www.reformmonitor.org/index.php3?mode=status
- iOptOut.org - Promotes the privatization of the Social Security system in accordance with economic and moral principles.
www.ioptout.org
- Just Facts - A Resource for Independent Thinkers - Educate yourself about the largest government program in the world. Raw data and facts on Social Security taxes, benefits, finances, privatization, and related issues.
www.justfacts.com/socialsecurity.htm
- Libertarian Party on Social Security Reform - Libertarian Party favors privately held Social Security accounts.
www.lp.org/issues/social-security.html
- National Academy of Social Insurance - The nations leading experts on Social Security, Medicare, and other social insurance programs. It does not lobby or take positions on policy issues.
www.nasi.org
- National Center for Policy Analysis - Compare projected Social Security benefits to the benefits of a privatized plan.
www.mysocialsecurity.org
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare - Seniors group outlines their positions on Social Security and Medicare issues.
www.ncpssm.org/ssandu/index.html
- National Organization for Women and Social Security - Women must be particularly wary of the remedies proposed to fix Social Security. NOW opposes privatizing Social Security.
www.now.org/issues/economic/social
- National Women's Law Center - The answers to frequently asked questions about Social Security issues as they affect women.
www.nwlc.org/display.cfm?section=social%20security
- Network Democracy - Social Security - Interactive site for discussing options on reforming Social Security.
www.network-democracy.org/social-security
- Office of the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration - Financial history and projections for the Social Security trust funds. Automatic annual increases in Social Security and SSI amounts.
www.ssa.gov/OACT
- Retiring with Dignity: Social Security versus Private Markets - From the Cato organization. A position paper supporting privatization of Social Security.
www.cato.org/pubs/ssps/ssp2.html
- Saving Social Security From Congress - For sale: A book explaining the problems of, and solutions for the U.S. Social Security system.
www.sssfc.com
- Shortchanged - Supports repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. WEP reduces the Social Security benefits of many public school teachers and other government employees.
members.aol.com/fullfunding
- Social Security Information Page - Information and links about Social Security privatization and its importance in President Bush's 2000 campaign for the White House.
userdata.acd.net/demarco.chris/sspriv.htm
- Social Security Network - Information, news, analysis and expert commentary on the Social Security debate. Sponsored by The Century Foundation, a liberal think tank.
www.socsec.org
- Social Security or Social Insecurity - Criticizes Social Security trust funds and the government's borrowing money from Social Security. Argues for privatization of Social Security.
www.flash.net/~bob001/ss.htm
- Social Security Reform Center - Without reform, Social Security will have insufficient funds to pay benefits in the future. Can payroll taxes be turned into wealth?
www.socialsecurityreform.org/index.cfm
- Social Security Youthlink - From the official web site of the Social Security Administration: Information on Social Security and other government programs for children, teenagers, parents and teachers.
www.ssa.gov/kids
- State Opting Out of Social Security? - Should state governments be able to pull their employees out of Social Security?
www.cascadepolicy.org/ss/optout.htm
- Team NCPA - Educational effort to promote Social Security reform and personal retirement accounts to the people who will be most affected by reform. Team NCPA is sponsored by the National Center for Policy Analysis.
www.teamncpa.org
- The Failed Critique of Personal Accounts - Cato's latest position paper on privatization and the benefits of moving current Social Security system into private pension funds.
www.socialsecurity.org/pubs/articles/bp-068es.html
- The Social Security Game - Design your own solutions to Social Security's financial problems with this tool from the American Academy of Actuaries.
www.actuary.org/socialsecurity
- Third Millennium: Advocates for the Future - Generation X and the Millennial Generation offer solutions to long-term problems including Social Security reform and Medicare reform.
www.thirdmil.org
- Trust Fund Siphon Report - Criticizes the use of Social Security Trust Fund surpluses to fund other government activities.
home.att.net/~mwhodges/deficit-trusts.htm
- Understanding the Issue: Fact Files - Facts about Social Security taxes and benefits and the roots of Social Security's financial difficulties.
www.publicagenda.org/issues/factfiles.cfm?issue_type=ss
- United Seniors Association - Social Security reform: Why is it needed? Position papers and legislative updates.
www.unitedseniors.org/issues/index.cfm?mode=view&id=26
- Urban Institute Focus on Social Security - Privatization debate. Options for administering individual accounts. Save the surplus to save Social Security: What does that mean?
www.urban.org/news/focus/focus_ss.html
- White House's Social Security Page - President Bush's plan to modernize and reform Social Security. Personal retirement accounts, rate of return on Social Security tax dollars.
www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/social-security
- Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement - WISER's Social Security factsheet and checklist for working women. Also, is it time for a major overhaul of Social Security?
www.wiser.heinz.org/socialsecurity.html
- American Academy of Actuaries - Nonpartisan information about Social Security finance issues and reform proposals. Analysis of individual accounts.
www.actuary.org/socsec.htm
- President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security - The Bush Commission's final report details three proposed plans to modernize Social Security by establishing personal retirement accounts.
csss.gov
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