Social Security Issues Politics Society and Culture United States

Social Security reform is a hotly debated topic. These sites cover the political spectrum on what should, or shouldn't, be done to fix this New Deal-era program.

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• Alliance For Worker Retirement Security - Advocates Social Security reform for the benefit of the American worker.
  
• Network Democracy - Social Security - Interactive site for discussing options on reforming Social Security.
  
• Public Program Testing Organization - Advocate for Social Security reform, criticizes effect of taxation on retirees and Ticket-to-Work program.
  
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - Social Security - A clearinghouse of articles and studies on the US social security system, including how it works, proposals for changes, accomplishments, solvency, and related statistics.
  
• Senior Journal - Senior Journal for news, information and opinion on Social Security reform.
  
• Philippine Social Security System - Philippines' Social Security System.
  
• Almanac of Policy Issues: Social Security - Background information and links on Social Security.
  
• Social Protection in the European Union Member States - Social Security in the European Union.
  
• Social Security Administration - Office of the Chief Actuary - Financial history and projections for the Social Security trust funds. Automatic annual increases in Social Security and SSI amounts.
  
• Social Security for Yesterday's Family? - Urban Institute article detailing the history of Social Security, and inequities of the present system.
  
• The National Council of La Raza - Latino/Hispanic perspective on the unfolding debate regarding ways to reform Social Security.
  
• National Institute of Population and Social Security Research - Social Security in Japan.
  
• Truth About Social Security - Describing how Social Security works, the nature of the problem it faces, and a discussion of possible reforms.
  
• Grandfather Social Security Report - Comparison of economic impact of Social Security on today's workers compared to prior generation: hard data in easy-to-understand graphics.
  
• Social Security Panel 2006 - An international guide with reports of selected countries about Social Security systems and benefits.
  
• The Social Security Game - Design your own solutions to Social Security's financial problems with this tool from the American Academy of Actuaries.
  
• International Social Security Association - Portal provides information, news, data and analysis on social security developments.
  
• Coalition to Preserve Retirement Security - State and local government employees should be allowed to preserve retirement security through retirement plans not included under Social Security.
  
• National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare - Seniors group outlines their positions on Social Security and Medicare issues.
  
• Social Security Online - Official US government site for the Social Security Administration, with news, trends, budget, publications, and comparison with systems in more than 170 countries.
  
• Just Facts - Overview of Social Security and its associated issues.
  
• Trust Fund Siphon Report - Criticizes the use of Social Security Trust Fund surpluses to fund other government activities.
  
• National Academy of Social Insurance - A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of social experts on Social Security, Medicare, and other social insurance programs. Promotes informed policymaking on social insurance through research, education, training, and open exchange of ideas.
  
• Regie des rentes du Quebec - Aims to contribute to the financial security of Quebeckers and to inform the population of the importance of financial planning for retirement.
  
• The Black Commentator - Bamboozled: Destruction of Social Security - Dr. Maya Rockeymoore explains that President Bush's plans for Social Security amount to a raw deal for African-Americans.
  
• Concord Coalition - Projections, statements, assessments of reform proposals, from an organization dedicated to efficient government and preserving Social Security and Medicare.
  
• International Reform Monitor--Bertelsman Foundation - Current issues and reforms in social insurance policy in these countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America.
  
• Employee Benefits Research Institute - EBRI's Social Security research program concerning taxes, benefits, and private accounts.
  
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - IIASA's social security reform project. Social security reform from an international perspective. Includes issue papers on social security in Austria, China, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine.
  
• AlterNet - Social Security Suicide - Casts a skeptical eye at the very assumptions made that Social Security is in deep trouble or needs to be severely changed.
  
• National Women's Law Center - The answers to frequently asked questions about Social Security issues as they affect women.
  
  

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