Meet the Street: How to Fix Social Security

Would Americans be better off if we called the shots on how to invest our own Social Security funds?

Wade Dokken CEO, American Skandia

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The experience of many former Enron employees might suggest otherwise, but the Social Security system is in serious trouble and legislators are considering all possible options to fix it. Among the proposals is a plan supported by President Bush to let taxpayers invest some of their own Social Security contributions in the stock market, in hopes of boosting retirement savings down the road. ...