Don't, says Alan Greenspan, the head of a presidential commission that studied the Social Security system and saw many of its recommendations passed into law by Congress this spring.
Some analysts still forecast a failure of that system.
But Mr. Greenspan . In other words, he views retirees' Social Security pensions as secure. Fast forward just 13 years to 1996 and things are not so sanguine. Social Security is in crisis again. Under those circumstances one would assume that Alan Greenspan, successful chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, would be, if not contrite, at least assuming a low profile on Social Security.