In a recent Congress Daily piece by Martin Vaughan, Congressman Jim McCrery is quoted as saying Congress should make Social Security reform its top priority next year.
"Looking at the lay of the land politically and substantively, it seems to me the more logical order would be Social Security, then tax reform, then healthcare reform," McCrery told reporters after addressing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Congressman McCrery sees the pressing need for reform. McCrery has been a long-time advocate of Social Security reform.
With the current chairman stepping down, Jim McCrery is the leading contender to chair the House Ways and Means Committee in the next Congress.
It is time for Congress to stop its partisan parlor games and once again take up the issue of Social Security reform. Each year we delay reform, it is costs taxpayers $600 billion. Whether you support personal accounts or not, there's no denying the problem gets much worse the longer we delay action.
