Voters Support DeMint-Ryan Plan

Andrew Roth

According to a recent poll (PDF) conducted by Dutko Research, a majority of voters support the DeMint-Ryan proposal of putting the Social Security surplus into personal accounts. The question:

"Until the year 2017, the Social Security system will receive more in taxes than it must pay to recipients. Right now, the government spends that surplus money. A proposal has been made to instead let each person paying into Social Security put his or her share of the surplus into their own personal account with Treasury bills. Individuals who chose to create a personal account would own the Treasury bills and could pass the personal account on to heirs. What about you, would you favor or oppose these accounts? Favor: 59% Oppose: 37%

Posted by Andrew Roth on July 5, 2005 4:05 PM to Social Security Choice