91. On Social Security, for example, they have backed away from Republican legislation to remake the Social Security program into a system of private investment accounts. 92. One proposal which has been gathering steam within the administration is using a portion of the budget surplus to set up individual investment accounts outside the Social Security program. 93. One of them, which Kolbe has also endorsed, would create personal investment accounts for seniors and lower benefits for high wage-earners. 94. Parsons rejected the suggestion that Bush was backing away from his campaign pledge to reform Social Security with personal investment accounts. 95. Part of that surplus could be diverted to private investment accounts without endangering current benefits, Hopkins said. 96. Other council members want to create an investment account for each person covered by Social Security. 97. Privatizers have enlisted prominent blacks to sing the praises of personal investment accounts. 98. Proposals for individual investment accounts are often paired with proposals that would reduce Social Security benefits, compared with the amounts payable under existing laws. 99. Republicans want individuals to have their own private investment accounts. 100. Q. I am interested in the assumptions you make in calculating long-term growth in an investment account. |
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