AMAC announces new Web site offering daily updates on developments related to Social Security

June 21, 2013 - PRLog -- BOHEMIA, NY – A new Web site www.socialsecurityreport.org offers daily updates on developments that impact Social Security, Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens announced today.

“The site also presents AMAC’s views on what can and what must be done to fix the problems evident in Social Security as it stands today. It also provides links to analyses of alternate proposals aimed at maintaining Social Security solvency as well as an archive of articles and related studies on Social Security and a thorough history of Social Security dating back to its origin,” Weber said.

He explained that the new Web site is part of an ongoing, overall effort to keep the focus of lawmakers and the public on the need for Social Security reform “before it is too late to ensure its solvency for our children and our grandchildren.”

For example, he said, there’s been little coverage of the plan to raid Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund as a stop-gap to prevent the Disability Fund from going bust in the next 24 months.  

“Both the Social Security’s Chief Actuary and the Congressional Budget Office back the raid.  Even AARP is lending its support to this scheme, according to commentator Bruce Krasting, who suggests that such a redistribution of funds would cut short the life of the Retirement Trust by as much as five years,” Weber noted.

AMAC hopes to raise awareness of developments such as the raid plan, “developments that need to be brought to light if we are to have true reform.  We are looking to stir things up among our members, older Americans in general and, of course, among our representatives in Congress so that they’ll be moved to action.”  

The new Web site offers:

-Daily updates on major breaking news and legislative developments affecting Social Security

-Quotes and comments that reflect the insights of key political figures involved in shaping Social Security policy

-An on-going catalog of questions and answers relevant to topics of interest to the public

-An archive of important backgrounders on key Social Security issues

Weber pointed out that “the site’s tagline—Your Daily Resource—reflects its objective of being  a go-to place for Congressional Aides and their Senators and Representatives, and the general public, to stay abreast of developments and projections on Social Security and its related programs.”

NOTE TO EDITORS: Dan Weber is available for telephone interviews on this issue.  Editors/reporters may contact John Grimaldi at 917-846-8485 or jpgrimaldi@verizon.net to set up a call.

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