Nowhere in the Constitution is the word 'marriage' mentioned. What we have is a transparent intrusion of federal power on the rights of the people to make their own laws at the state level. In their Contract with America, congressional Republicans promised to reduce the size, scope, and power of the federal government. To sustain the current system would require that payroll taxes be raised to a level of between 25 and 40 percent. It will allow us to enjoy the same level of retirement benefits our grandparents have had.
Privatization involves risk but refusing to act involves even greater risk.
Collapse is probably more than 30 years away. Both presidential candidates are fond of saying the upcoming election is for our future. Their refusal to consider Social Security reform, however, sends an entirely different message. Chris Baker, in the Christian Science Monitor, May 10, 1996. Unfortunately, government wage-setting does not give them the necessary skills.