Students to Rally for Social Security Reform on 75 Campuses Nationwide

U. S. Newswire ^ | 4/28/2005 | National Desk

[HowardLSmith.ô¿ô]

NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Students for Saving Social Security (SSSS) is a non-partisan, grassroots campaign on college campuses across the nation advocating for Social Security reform through personal ownership. SSSS is leading the charge to inform and mobilize today's college students to advocate for personal accounts. Unlike Rock the Vote, SSSS represents the interest of the vast majority of college students who want the choice of personal accounts and no tax hikes.

On Friday April 29th SSSS will be holding a nation-wide rally on 75 campuses across the nation. Students will be setting up information booths, talking to students, and protesting Representative's offices who oppose personal accounts.

Jonathan Swanson, a senior at Yale University and a co-founder of SSSS, said, "Social Security is a crisis for our generation right now: we are paying into a broken system that will not be there for us when we retire. We just want the choice to save our own money for our future. Opponents of personal accounts want to deny our generation that choice. Choice -- choice -- choice -- that is all we ask."

[HowardLSmith.ô¿ô]

Hopefully some of the students can convince the old f__ts to push the SS changes through.....

Give our young people the right to have their own accounts!!!

[HowardLSmith.ô¿ô]

I meant to include the web site for the organizers!

http://www.secureourfuture.org/

[Bahbah]

I just saw two delightful and intelligent young men from this group on Fox. I wish them all the success in the world.

[anniegetyourgun]

Here's to 4S!

[CounterCounterCulture]

YESSSS

Triple-C approves of Quadruple-S

[ex-snook]

"Hopefully some of the students can convince the old f__ts to push the SS changes through."

Hey as one of those oldies, not too worry. Young grads will get their money back quickly like I did plus a lot more. Inflation will bail out the system like it does all debt, government and otherwise.

Do the math just figure out what a starting salary was 50 years ago when retirees started and 50 years from now when they will be retiring. 100 year spread.

[anniegetyourgun]

Not to worry, LT....I suspect you'll get your wish. Lib/dems aren't about to let an R come close to do anything to change/reform their precious SS/welfare program. It is their exclusive territory....their "gift" to America.

[Windcatcher]

Grab the popcorn and watch the Marxist students turn violent. The "tolerant" Left won't tolerate dissent in their "backyard" one bit.

[Windcatcher]

Bleh. Nevermind. Read the date...

[afraidfortherepublic]

On April 29??? This is about a week late, if they wanted support...

[Simmy2.5]

Well, I'm pinging you anyways. Interesting article and all, and might've been fun to do but, reading the date, this rally...well, a little late now! Like a week late!

[Roots]

FreepMail me or reply if you'd like on/off this ping.


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This would be great, I'd push for the right to "opt-out"... most young Americans at this point don't trust SS will be around anyway.

[ClaireSolt]

This is likely to push the libs over the edge, completely. Make room in the mental hospitals. They'll be raving in.

[HowardLSmith.ô¿ô]

Hi Ex

I am 57 and just a couple of birthdays short of my SS checks and inflation will not help in this situation.

The fundamental issue is the number of workers (paying in) versus the number of receivers is not balanced and it is getting worse. {{If Social Security funds had originally been banked instead of giving congress the ability to spend them we might have been better off now.}} Every year we ignore this now will cost us $600 Billion more to fix and balance the account for younger workers.

We now have the ability to give younger workers the chance to continue paying into SS and also set aside a little in their own account. Most importantly they will own this account. They have a chance to get more than the 1.6% return on their money that we have seen and they might have a little better retirement than we will have. I understand the fear that some people have about investing but the facts are clear that even the most conservative bonds give 2% higher returns than the US Social Security funds over time. When you look at 10 year blocks of time the returns of the overall stock market (not individual stocks) have consistently provided about 9% return on funds invested. And of course these personal accounts are owned by the worker and they can pass it on to relatives if they die!

If Social Security reform does not happen now, it will happen in the future at a much higher cost to all of us.

My old f__t comments were targeted at the Dems who are blocking this solution just like they are trying to block judicial reform. I hope that you can join the rest of us old f__ts who are in favor of the reforms that are being debated today!

[jackbill]

Inflation will bail out the system like it does all debt, government and otherwise.

Inflation will NOT bail out the system. The system is indexed to inflation. Cost of living (inflation) goes up - benefits go up.