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Society Debuts Online Social Security Primer

By Craig Mandelbaum, NYSSCPA Web Manager

With President Bush campaigning for major revisions to the Social Security system, and dissent already surfacing from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress, the New York State Society of CPAs is providing a special section as a primer on the topic.

The new section, which can be found in the center on the NYSSCPA home page (www.nysscpa.org) or by going directly to www.nysscpa.org/social_security/main.htm, offers continuously updated Society news briefs on the topic, as well as a collection of Social Security resources and websites.

Among the resources are reports, from various sources, covering all angles of the Social Security issue. The Society offers a study that summarizes reports from a number of bipartisan sources. There also are reports from the American Institute of CPAs, the Congressional Budget Office and the White House.

The new Social Security site also includes links to a broad spectrum of websites, such as the Social Security Administration’s official website, the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security website and the United States Representatives Sub-Committee on Social Security website. Additionally, there are a variety of organizational websites with varying opinions on the topic. These include:

  • AFL-CIO Social Security Resources, a liberal union organization;
  • American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) a liberal seniors organization;
  • The Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan think tank;
  • Cato Institute: Project on Social Security Choice, a libertarian think tank;
  • The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank;
  • National Center for Policy Analysis, a conservative organization;
  • 60 Plus Association, a conservative seniors organization, and
  • Third Millennium, a youth reform organization.

Visitors also can access a number of media resources, such as The New York Times’ special Social Security section, and the Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting’s media watchdog website.

Please visit the new NYSSCPA Social Security section, and feel free to make any suggestions—for links to add, for example—by e-mailing us at suggestions@nysscpa.org.