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Re "GOP Seeking a Deal on Accounts" (Washington Post, Page 1, 2/27/05) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56464-2005Feb26.html Senator Graham's proposal guaranteeing that "low-income beneficiaries will do better under a new program than t… more »

Here's a link to an excellent piece by the Cato Institute's Alan Reynolds shredding the AARP's position on Social Security Reform. It's called "Myth Illogical" and the link is: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3689 more »

re: Kansas on My Mind (NY Times, Paul Krugman, Feb. 25) http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/25/opinion/25krugman.html? Mr. Krugman is doubly misleading in "Kansas on My Mind" arguing incorrectly that the Cato Institute has not explained how their proposal… more »

Re: "The Risks in Social Security" (Washington Post, Editorial, Feb 20) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38527-2005Feb19.html I take issue with your worries and suggestions about personal retirement accounts. Other nations have had issu… more »

Re: A Political Case for Social Security Reform (Opinion, Gary Becker, 2/15/05) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110843031022454778,00.html It is with some trepidation that I argue with a Nobel Prize winner, but Mr. Becker is incorrect that there i… more »

PUBLISHED IN THE LA TIMES FEB 16, 2005 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-socsec16feb16,0,3142563.story To the Editors: Re: "The Meathead Proposition" (LA Times Op/Ed, Michael Kinsley, Feb 14) http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la… more »

As the political party which claims to be the party of “the little guy”, low wage workers, minorities, and women’s rights, one wonders whether it is ignorance or politics causing the Democrats to oppose to reforming Social Security, a program which massi… more »

Re: Hooray for the Deficit (Wall Street Journal editorial, Feb 8, 2005) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110783214406348598,00.html To the Editors: Your editorial "Hooray for the Deficit" (2/8/05) implies one of the best but least-discussed reasons… more »

Re: Tug-of-war over Social Security (Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times, 12/30) http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak30.html To the Editors: Although Mr. Novak's discussion of transition costs is on target, the case for private ownership… more »

re: The GOP's Sabotage of Social Security (LA Times, Robert Scheer, 12/21) http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-scheer21dec21,1,5260200.column?coll=la-util-op-ed To the Editors: re: The GOP's Sabotage of Social Security (Robert Scheer, 12/21) M… more »