Reform Prod by Hoffa"Breaking with the Democrats and AFL-CIO on Social Security, Teamsters President James Hoffa Jr. sent a message to the White House last week that he wants to help them find a bipartisan solution to the program's long-term insolvency."
'I think Hoffa is extending a huge olive branch. I hope the White House grabs it,' said Derrick Max, executive director of the grass-roots coalition lobbying for Mr. Bush's plan." Generations Together Makes Broadcast Headlines Across the Country
WIXT Channel 9Syracuse, NY "We're out here to show our support for the President. I commend him for taking a stand on this major issue," [Social Security reform] said Generations Together member Lindsay Bednarczyk. 
WKBW Channel 7Buffalo, NY "It's good that someone is looking into it [Social Security reform]. We need to protect our children and our future," said Generations Together member Beth Ann Vanill. 
KREX News Channel 5Western Colorado "...locals held a street-corner demonstration in downtown Grand Junction, hoping to bring awareness to the current Social Security situation. About a dozen members of Generations Together waved signs showing their support for Social Security reform." 'We hope that by being our here, it will catch peoples eye and think about what Social Security is if not get involved,' said Generations Together member David Ludlum." 
KKCO 11 NewsGrand Junction, Colorado "The Gilliams now belong to Generations Together, a grassroots national organization advocating privatized accounts to fix social security as well as informing the community about the importance of getting involved." From The FieldNew York
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In Bangor Daily News Op-Ed, Generations Together Family Applies Basic Family Belief to Social Security: When Something's Broken, You Fix It"One of the positive aspects about the current reform plan is the inclusion of personal accounts that will give our younger family members, like Michelle and her cousins, four of whom are currently in college, the chance to build nest eggs for their retirement." 
Did You Know?Social Security payroll taxes have been increased 20 times since 1937, going from 2 percent to the current 12.4 percent, and each time has failed to permanently fix the system. 
They Said It"It's time for Democrats to declare what kind of Social Security reform they favor. Even former President Bill Clinton thinks so. Yet the Democrats persist in attacking President Bush's ideas often misleadingly." Morton Kondracke |
