Left allies regroup for SS battle- ACT-style coalition is coming together

[papau]

an ACT-style coalition is coming together among 30 groups to defeat the President's Social Security plan, and according to organizers, they're planning to raise $30 million to buy TV ads and campaign door to door.

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/020105/leftallies.html

February 1, 2005


Left allies regroup for battle
By Alexander Bolton
Liberal groups and allies of the Democratic Party are structuring a coalition to defeat President Bush’s plans to restructure Social Security, a collaboration akin to the so-called shadow Democratic Party forged in an effort to oust Bush from office in the November election.

Business groups with the ability to spend tens of millions of dollars on the other side to promote particular Social Security reforms have yet to mobilize. That is because the administration has yet to push a specific plan and because business views other issues, such as tort reform, as more pressing.

The anti-Bush coalition has brought together 30 core groups, including the AFL-CIO, MoveOn.org, the NAACP, the National Organization for Women, the Alliance for Retired Americans, the Campaign for America’s Future, USAction and the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.

Organizers said the coalition plans to raise at least $30 million to be spent on TV advertising and door-to-door campaigning to defeat Bush’s expected proposal to create individual savings accounts and trim government payouts. <snip>

[Turbineguy]

1. There's a nice article in this months

AARP mag too.... (but it's not on-line)

It describes every one of bush's claims as "Myth"

[papau]

2. here are some AARP thoughts on SOcial Security that are on line

http://research.aarp.org/econ/2004_18_ssreform.pdf Download or view Social Security Reform and Its Effects on Participation in the Supplemental Security Income Program

using price indexing rather than wage indexing in the formula for calculating initial benefits
decreasing the cost-of-living adjustment
eliminating the hiatus for birth years 1943-1954 in the gradually increasing age for full retirement and indexing full retirement age to life expectancy
using the factors in the previous option and increasing early eligibility age to 64
increasing the number of years included in the computation of benefits from 35 to 38


Social Security is an important piece of your retirement income. Learn all about it.
http://www.aarp.org/socialsecurity/ 63334 bytes


There's nothing wrong with Social Security that a few changes can't fix. more ...
http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/socialsec/ 34812 bytes

understand how Social Security works and how to apply for benefits.
http://www.aarp.org/financial-planningretire/Articles/a2002-10-03-RetirementIncomeSocialSecurity.html 64299 bytes
About Social Security

Social Security Privatization or Carve Outs: What Do They Mean?
Learn what talk about "private accounts" really means for Social Security .
http://www.aarp.org/socialsecurity-about/Articles/a2003-03-26-ssprivatization.html 61096 bytes


AARP on Social Security
Learn about our position on issues facing Social Security.
http://www.aarp.org/socialsecurity-aarp/ 53011 bytes