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...called the AARP the other day to ask if I could become a member. I was disappointed with the leadership of the lobbying organization formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, and I wanted my voice heard. But the nice lady on the phone told me I couldn’t join—not for 32 more years until I turn 50. So I find it ironic that while President Bush’s goal to allow workers to divert some of their payroll taxes into personal retirement accounts (PRAs) will chiefly affect young people like...
...AARP has said that in opposing voluntary PRAs, it is looking out for its members’ children and grandchildren. But if that is the case, I have a message for AARP: Butt out! We children and grandchildren are adults who can make our own decisions. And many of us will indeed choose to divert some of our payroll taxes into private accounts, because PRAs are highly likely to generate more money for our pensions than the current pay-as-you-go system will...
...lower the projected shortfall by some 43 percent. Second, we could diversify Social Security Trust Fund investments to get a higher return, which could fix about 15 percent of the problem. Reasonable steps such as these are enough to strengthen Social Security for the long-term. And a recent AARP survey revealed that most people support changes like these...
...panel that might include a Social Security caseworker, an expert on retirement planning and a few workers eligible for private accounts if they became law. They're hoping this will inspire a more relaxed discussion, instead of subjecting Republican legislators to sharp questioning from members of the AARP, as well as liberal groupings such as moveon.org. House Republicans also plan to set up an intranet website for their members with guidelines on selling the social security plan (invoking the word "voluntary" before "personal accounts, for instance), answers to frequently asked questions, and one-page explanations of how the accounts work...
...debate over Social Security reform got nasty last week when this ad from conservative lobbying group USA Next appeared on the American Spectator website. Blogs such as DAILY KOS and TALKING POINTS MEMO (TPM) challenged the implication that the AARP, which opposes Bush's privatization plan, is antitroop and pro--gay marriage. The ad was removed hours later, but TPM continues to ask whether USA Next, whose assault on the AARP is run in part by the people who created last year's Swift Boat ads, is connected to the Administration. USA Next denies...