FINANCIAL MARKETS AND SOCIAL SECURITY ISSUES:MICHAEL TANNER

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: June 14, 2005 | Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
06-14-2005
Statement of Michael Tanner Director, Project on Social Security Choice
The CATO Institute Committee on Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Subcommittee on Securities and Investment June, 14 2005 Mr. Chairman, distinguished
Members of the Committee: I would like to thank the Committee for holding
this hearing and for giving me the opportunity to appear. In particular,
I appreciate that the Committee is moving beyond the standoff over whether
Social Security reform should or should not include personal accounts to
consider how such accounts might be ...

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