Thursday, April 4, 2013

New America Foundation: Expanded Social Security

"The conventional wisdom about Social Security is profoundly misguided. According to today’s mistaken consensus, the U.S. as 
a society cannot afford to allocate the money to pay for the present level of Social Security benefits for retirees in future 
generations. The solution, it is widely argued, is to cut benefits – either directly by means-testing or indirectly by raising the 
retirement age or allowing inflation to erode their real value over time. In this narrative, tax-favored private savings vehicles like 
401(k)s and IRAs should be expanded in order to compensate for the allegedly necessary cuts in Social Security... 

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