Many problems in the government today have to do with the troubling financial economy. Americans rely on some sort of income whether it’s to pay for services or to purchase necessities. The social security administration also was known as the social security board was created by Franklin D. Roosevelt when he signed the Social Security Act on August, 14, 1935 (SSA). Over the years there has been many heated debates on whether Social Security should be privatized. Many people believe Social Security should be privatized, counter arguments are being made that if the program became privatized it would help the beneficiaries invest in stocks and bonds, and boost workers rate allowing most individuals to go back to work. I believe this is a bad idea because less money will be taken from you in each Social security check you receive, the …show more content…
The program separated into two individual programs the OSAI and the DI which is for the retired and the disabled program the privatization of the system puts fear in many because they believe the president wants to take money from the OASI Trust Fund (Schulz and Gorin 75). But in the article “the Myths and Realities about Social Security and Privatization Barbara Kennelly goes on to say that Social Security is an enormously successful program that is essential to the retirement security of the vast majority of Americans. President Bush has said that he wishes to divert money away from social security and into investments. In Kennelly’s article it says Myth 1: Social Security faces a deep and immediate crisis but in reality Social Security has a growing surplus and can pay benefits for decades to come. This year Social Security has an accumulated surplus of over $1.5 trillion. By 2013, that surplus will be over $3.5 trillion, or more than 4 times the amount needed to pay