Bush Brings Social Security Campaign to Ohio

Columbus Dispatch (Associated Press)
"About 200 people gathered in a grassy area near the gym where Bush spoke. Some were supporters who held 'Fix Social Security' signs..."

"Amber Thorn (Generations Together), 22, a history and biology major at Mount Vernon Nazarene College near Columbus, made the 90-minute drive because she thinks the Social Security plan is needed, especially for her generation. 'Something needs to be done about it. I don't want to wait until it's too late for me or even too late for my children,' she said."
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Leader of Free World Visits Palmetto State

Fox News Carolina
"If you get Social Security now, you're fine. It's the people after you the President is worried about. The Social Security Administration predicts Social Security will go bankrupt in 36 years. That's a long way from now, but it directly affects college students like Bethany Nichols (Generations Together). She won't have any cash to draw on if the problem isn't fixed."

"Nichols says, 'We think it's really important for us to support the President when there are people who don't fully understand Social Security reform and are opposed to the President on such an important issue.'"
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In Newspapers Across the Country, Generations Together Supporters Send Letters to the Editor to Urge Social Security Reform

"Few people seem to talk about Clinton's support for reforming Social Security, but I believe it is important to remember because fixing Social Security should not hinge on partisan politics. President Clinton was a champion of personal accounts, and I think we should all join in an effort that is, or at least should be, a bi-partisan effort."

Gabe Gilliam

"As a college student and member of Generations Together, a coalition of local activists supporting the need for meaningful Social Security reform, I applaud Rep. Boyd for taking a stand for our future. Retirement is an issue that many young students do not worry about, but Rep. Boyd and President Bush have made me pay attention to this issue. I encourage them to stay the course for reform—for my future and yours."

Ashley Morgan

"By creating personal retirement accounts, we grant them an opportunity to increase the profitability of their retirement savings. A worker like me who has just graduated from college will see a different Social Security program from the one we had 30 years ago. It's time our policy reflected that fact."

Matt Hanley

From The Field

Florida

Generations Together officially launches in Florida.

Iowa

Congressman Latham speaks with Generations Together supporters after a town hall event in Boone.

South Carolina

Generations Together supporters rally outside President Bush's town hall meeting.

Twenty-Four Former Members of Congress Regret Not Fixing Social Security

In an ad placed in Wednesday's edition of Roll Call, two dozen former representatives—13 Democrats and 11 Republicans—say: "One of our big regrets is that we did not get a chance to vote for a law that would fix Social Security before the Baby Boomers retire and ensure that the program stays fixed for our grandkids." The ad was by For Our Grandchildren, a non-profit group dedicated to educate Americans of the urgent need for Social Security reform.
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Former U.S. Rep and CoMPASS Advisory Board Member J.C. Watts Writes for the Oklahoman

"Social Security met the needs of the distant era when it was created and has provided dignity to seniors for generations. But times and demographics change, and this program designed in the 1930s can't meet the challenges of the 21^st century. We must maintain the current system and benefits for seniors and those nearing retirement, while offering new voluntary personal retirement accounts so that younger workers have the chance to build nest eggs of their own."
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CoMPASS Advisory Board Member Herman Cain Continues to Make the Case for Reform in Newspapers Across the Country

"A new retirement security strategy is the first step in creating this ownership society. That strategy starts with replacing an outdated Social Security program left over from the Industrial Age with a new system that meets the needs of the 21^st century."
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They Said It

"Everybody here has heard Social Security referred to as the third rail—people were afraid to touch it. Well, President Clinton believes that it's so important to America's future we can't afford not to take it on. And actually, if you study these numbers and statistics, you come away immediately with the conclusion the sooner the better."

Vice President Al Gore
October 27, 1998

Did You Know?

A new national poll released April 19 by Harvard University's Institute of Politics (IOP) finds seven out of ten of America's college students are concerned Social Security will not pay out benefits when they retire, with students significantly more likely to support investment of Social Security taxes in private accounts than the general public.