Understanding The Bush Plan -- Matt Yglesias
TSR - Thrift Savings Plan -- government info page.
- As I read it, the TSRs are similar to the ADD ON accounts that we now have, e.g. 401Ks. Thus are not examples of the Bush "personal" accounts.
Some simple questions on Social Security -- leftwing view of the day's news
Did Bush say Crisis? -- The Social Security system will take in more money annually than it pays out in benefits until 2020, two years later than earlier estimated,... Congress' budget analysts also estimated the program's trust funds will be depleted in 2052, (10 years after earlier estimated)
Myths v. Realities on social security in the United States -- eriposte.com
Disability? As I read it, 10% of the money people normally pay for SS actually goes into Disability insurance etc. I wonder how this is handled with respect to Personal accounts. If a person takes 66% of his personal SS taxes for his personal account, does this mean that his disability payments will be decreased accordingly?
Annuity? We know that if a person chooses a personal account, their SS benefits will be decreased, though the exact figure is TBD. On the other hand is their personal account their own money, or do they have to purchase an annuity?, thus effectively only allowing them to have, as their own money, the "profit" of the account.
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Observed Impacts of Global Climate Change in the U.S. -- Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Nov 2004
Fear of Physics -- friendly, non-technical place for you to come and "play" with the laws of physics for a while
Way Back Machine -- Internet archive
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