Last Friday, S4 attended the College Republican National Committee’s biennial convention. While we were there I made friends with Tim Andrews, the president of the Australian Liberal Students Federation — the Down Under equivalent of the College Republicans. Australia, of course, made the switch to personal retirement accounts several years ago, and I was very excited to learn how well he thinks they’re working so far!

Just as most of us would have predicted, personal accounts are working very well in Australia — far better than their old system. Interestingly, he told me that it is the left which introduced personal accounts in Australia, while it is largely the right pushing for them here. It is certain, however, that if something’s a good idea, party lines and political loyalties don’t matter.

We owe it to ourselves here in America to reach across party lines, just as Australia did, to support meaningful reform!