Op-Ed: Protect Social Security Now With a Federal Retail Sales Tax 3/10/2004 5:51:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Melissa McKay of the Office of Rep. Steve King, 202-225-2246; Genie Hayes of Americans for Fair Taxation, 800-324-7829 ext. 137 WASHINGTON, March 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following op-ed was released today by Steve King (R-IA), a co-sponsor of HR 25, the FairTax: Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recently suggested cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits in order to keep these government programs solvent. There is a better way to keep Social Security and Medicare solvent, yet still provide the...