CONTACT: JOHN C. KIECHLE
JEFFERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE MEMBER, PAST CHAIRPERSON
PHONE: 315 642 5651

Affirmation of the present SOCIAL SECURITY System
Opposition to phasing out/dismantling/ privatization

27 January 2005

By John C Kiechle, Committeeperson, Town of Philadelphia

WHEREAS, Social Security is the most successful domestic program in the History of The United States of America, having provided a guaranteed retirement safety net for millions of United States Citizens since 1935, and Whereas, current Congressional Budget Office projections report the trust fund will remain solvent through 2052, afterwards covering 81% of promised benefits, with no change to the program, while transition costs alone for abandoning SOCIAL SECURITY in favor of private accounts are estimated at 2 trillion dollars, and WHEREAS, the so called “crisis” in SOCIAL SECURITY is a manufactured scare tactic intended to bolster a contested elected president’s plans to replace SOCIAL SECURITY with an unstable market based system, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Jefferson County, New York Democratic County Committee affirms the present successful SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, the Committee opposes any effort to phase out and/or replace SOCIAL SECURITY’ in whole or part, in favor of a private accounts based system, and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the Democratic Party of Jefferson County New York will not endorse or financially support any Democratic candidate who expresses support, advocates for, or votes for such a plan. Further, the Secretary is authorized/directed to send this resolution to the New York State Democratic Committee, elected representatives at the federal, state and local level. Second by: Ted Ford, Jane Jenkins and others Resolution passed with all yes.