Obama to address entitlements in first term?
Encouraging news from the New York Times:Changes in Social Security and Medicare will be central to efforts to bring federal spending in line, President-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday, as the...
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Will the youth benefit from Obama's Social Security reform?
President-elect Obama's children meet the S4 Ostrich, which travels around the country urging politicians to get their heads out of the sand and reform Social Security.Washington, DC — Students for...
View ArticleA new age?
Congratulations to President Obama. One can only hope that the new administration is up to the many challenges that lie ahead, particularly with respect to the economy. As Obama said today in his...
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Americans Want Social Security Secured
According to the Pew Research Center, 63% of Americans believe that Securing Social Security should be a top priority for 2009. Of the twenty issues asked, Social Security ranked high at number four,...
View ArticleWhere does the buck stop?
How can it be that after a Presidential address about the $800 billion or more Obama plans to spend on an economic stimulus, someone in the media asks for a reaction to Alex Rodriguez's admission of...
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Real Change or Pocket Change? The High Stakes of Entitlement Reform for Young...
On Wednesday, February 19th S4's National Director Ryan Lynch participated in an intergenerational and bipartisan dialogue about America's fiscal climate and policy options for entitlement reform....
View ArticlePresident Obama calls for Social Security Savings Accounts
"To preserve our long-term fiscal health, we must also address the growing costs in Medicare and Social Security. Comprehensive health care reform is the best way to strengthen Medicare for years to...
View ArticleA Social Security tax increase is not the answer
From the article "Social Security: young voters worry about toll of taxes":At a recent panel discussion on entitlement reform at the Heritage Foundation, Ryan Lynch, national director of Students for...
View ArticleSocial Security deficit coming sooner than expected
Chuck Blahous, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, talked on PBS about the coming Social Security deficit:Last year, the program's trustees estimated Social Security would go cash flow negative in...
View ArticleSocial Security make believe
From an article in the Washington Post that tries to dismiss personal accounts in light of the ups and downs of the stock market:For many older baby boomers who once felt comfortable but have seen...
View ArticleSocial Security and Medicare sinking even faster
In case you missed it, the trustees of Medicare and Social Security released their annual report yesterday. The news was not good: Social Security and Medicare are fading even faster under the weight...
View ArticleThe silenced majority
In the June 1 edition of Newsweek, Robert J. Samuelson wrote about the need to stop procrastinating and reform Social Security and Medicare. Indeed, many people wonder why it is that we keep kicking...
View ArticleThe End of an Era
Thank you to everyone for your support of S4 over the years. Since our founding in 2005, we made substantial progress on the issue of Social Security reform. What started as a project of two...
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