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PRESS RELEASE FROM AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM
Contact: John Kartch ( jkartch@atr.org or 202-785-0266)

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5/2/05

Social Security Fact of the Day #42
Social Security cannot afford to pay all of the benefits it has promised. Beginning in 2017, it will run cash deficits that get bigger every year

To hear the liberal media tell it, the bottom has fallen out for personal account supporters. The public is abandoning personal accounts in droves! That would be a convenient fact for Social Security obstructionists if it were in the least bit true. Most media polls show either consistent or growing support for personal accounts since the beginning of the year. On average, personal account support has increased substantially from 46% to 51%: a majority. The media may want personal accounts to become unpopular—however, just the opposite has, in fact, happened.

Social Security has a problem, and we need to fix it. Personal accounts are the solution.

Despite Negative Media Bias, Personal Account Support Builds
Sources: Fox News, Time Magazine, CBS News, ABC News

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Americans for Tax Reform is a non-partisan coalition of taxpayers and taxpayer groups who oppose any and all federal and state tax increases.  For more information, or to arrange an interview with Mr. Norquist please contact John Kartch at (202)785-0266 or by email at jkartch@atr.org.