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S4 published in Philadelphia Inquirer
November 23rd 03:14:07 PM
Patrick Wetherille got his Letter to the Editor published in the Philadelphia Inquirer!!! He calls on Congress to "step up on the [Social Security] issue". Read his Letter to the Editor below!
Gerlach, step up
In recent months, U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R., Pa.) has stood against President Bush's plan to overhaul Social Security. While it is up to the congressman to decide whether personal retirement accounts will benefit the system, it is deplorable that instead of proposing an alternative approach, he has dodged the issue entirely. If you look at his Web site, Social Security is not even listed as an issue.
As a young person, I find this very troubling, as a system that will soon be running enormous deficits and that will be unable to pay promised benefits has been largely ignored by several members of Congress, including Gerlach.
I implore him and his colleagues to step up on this issue and work out some sort of Social Security reform, whatever that may turn out to be. While many may disagree on what the optimal solution is for our ailing retirement system, we can all agree that it does have serious problems that need to be addressed. If we address those problems now, we can lessen the blow the crisis will have on my generation later. If we fail to do so, the guilt of lumping an enormous burden on this nation's children will fall on those members of Congress who failed to act now, including Jim Gerlach.
Patrick Wetherille
Haverford College senior
Cofounder, Students for Saving Social Security
Patrick@SecureOurFuture.org
Posted by Jo Jensen
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