Social Security

In the 2005 State of the Union Address, our former president tried to convince us of the dire need to "privatize" the Social Security Administration's pension fund. Thankfully, he was unsuccessful.  If we heeded our former fearless leader's advice, the Social Security fund as we know it would have been obliterated in recent months and would (likely) be barely limping along, like the rest of the financial world. Saul Friedman of Long Island Newsday published this article, "GRAY MATTERS: Show me the money? It's easy: Social Security isn't in trouble", outlining the laurels of old-faithful, Social Security. The gist: Social Security, compared to the rest of the American financial outlets, is doing just fine.