Criticizes the use of Social Security Trust Fund surpluses to fund other government activities.

Information, news, analysis and expert commentary on the Social Security debate and various reform plans.

A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of social experts on Social Security, Medicare, and other social insurance programs. Promotes informed policymaking on social insurance through research, education, training, and open exchange of ideas.

Discusses various Social Security reform options.

Overview of Social Security and its associated issues.

The answers to frequently asked questions about Social Security issues as they affect women.

Advocates Social Security reform for the benefit of the American worker.

Comparison of economic impact of Social Security on today's workers compared to prior generation: hard data in easy-to-understand graphics.

Background information and links on Social Security.

Interactive site for discussing options on reforming Social Security.

WISER's Social Security factsheet and checklist for working women. Also, is it time for a major overhaul of Social Security?

Design your own solutions to Social Security's financial problems with this tool from the American Academy of Actuaries.

EBRI's Social Security research program. Taxes, benefits, private accounts.

Current issues and reforms in social insurance policy in these countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America.

Facts about Social Security taxes, benefits and the program's financial condition.

State and local government employees should be allowed to preserve retirement security through retirement plans not included under Social Security.

Brookings research on Social Security, pensions and retirement.

Financial history and projections for the Social Security trust funds. Automatic annual increases in Social Security and SSI amounts.

An international organization which brings together institutions and administrative bodies, dealing with one or more aspects of social security.

IIASA's social security reform project. Social security reform from an international perspective. Includes issue papers on social security in Austria, China, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine.

Senior Journal for news, information and opinion on Social Security reform.

Promotes international, multidisciplinary research on social security and its relationships with other aspects of society.

Social Security in Quebec. In English.

Philippines' Social Security System.

Social Security in the European Union.

Options for administering individual accounts. Save the surplus to save Social Security: What does that mean?

Urban Institute article detailing the history of Social Security, and inequities of the present system.

Advocate for Social Security reform, criticizes effect of taxation on retirees and Ticket-to-Work program.

Latino/Hispanic perspective on the unfolding debate regarding ways to reform Social Security.

Describing how Social Security works, the nature of the problem it faces, and a discussion of possible reforms.

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore explains that President Bush's plans for Social Security amount to a raw deal for African-Americans.

Casts a skeptical eye at the very assumptions made that Social Security is in deep trouble or needs to be severely changed.

The Center for Economic and Policy Research puts out a mathematical analysis on several claims and proposals regarding reform, focusing on future cuts, privatization, solvency, and projected shortfalls. With extensive graphs and charts.

Addresses the challenges to the Social Security program, including changes in life expectancy, earnings inequality, and debt.

Transcript of a debate by Michael Tanner of the CATO Institute, writer and economics professor Paul Krugman, and author Joshua Micah Marshall on the problems of Social Security and proposals to fix it.