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Students for Saving Social Security www.secureourfuture.org
Students for Saving Social Security is a grassroots network on college campuses across the country Known as S4, it represent the interests of our generation by advocating for genuine Social Security reform through personal ownership. Students for Saving Social Security leads the charge to inform, organize, and mobilize today's college students to engage in the Social Security debate.

Generations Together www.generationstogether.net
The looming Social Security crisis affects all Americans. So we need a solution that helps all Americans. As part of the long term plan to fix Social Security, Generations Together supports the introduction of voluntary personal retirement accounts, which can help younger workers build retirement nest eggs, while ensuring that Social Security does not change for seniors and those nearing retirement. By coming together on this issue, we can provide a secure retirement for all generations. Click here to help fix Social Security with Generations Together.

Citizens for a Sound Economy www.cse.org
Citizens for a Sound Economy recruits, educates, trains, and mobilizes hundreds of thousands of volunteer activists to fight for less government, lower taxes, and more freedom. CSE believes individual liberty and the freedom to compete increases consumer choices and provides individuals with the greatest control over what they own and earn.

For Our Grandchildren www.forourgrandchildren.org
The For Our Grandchildren Social Security Education Project is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise the awareness and understanding of all Americans regarding the urgent need for Social Security reform and the various options under consideration. The project is dedicated to responsible reform of Social Security, which is only possible if the American people fully understand what is at stake and the impact of various reform options on their families.

SocialSecurityChoice.org www.socialsecuritychoice.org
Social Security Choice.org is a grassroots organization providing citizens the tools and information they need to spread the word throughout their communities about Social Security reform. Social Security Choice.org also assists in efforts to let Congress know how much support already exists for individual accounts.

Heritage Foundation www.heritage.org
The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

National Center for Policy Analysis www.ncpa.org
The National Center for Policy Analysis is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization. The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive private sector. Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation.

Alliance for Worker Retirement Security www.retiresecure.org
The Alliance for Worker Retirement Security is a broad-based coalition of organizations dedicated to reforming the Social Security system to ensure an adequate retirement income and an opportunity for workers to create personal economic wealth.

United Seniors Association www.unitedseniors.org
United Seniors Association is a group for citizen activists who want to cut taxes, safeguard the Social Security trust fund, and improve Social Security and Medicare for all generations. Among other issues, USA is committed to improving Social Security for the next generation with Personal Retirement Accounts, while protecting the benefits of today's seniors and those nearing retirement.

International Center for Pension Reform www.pensionreform.org
As Minister of Labor and Social Security in 1980, José Piñera was the architect of Chile's successful social security reform. Founder and president of the International Center for Pension Reform and co-chair of the Cato Institute's Project on Social Security Choice, Piñera continues to promote the Chilean model of personal retirement accounts around the world.

American Legislative Exchange Council www.alec.org
Founded in 1973, the American Legislative Exchange Council is a bipartisan membership association for conservative state lawmakers who share a common belief in limited government, free markets, federalism, and individual liberty.

Concord Coalition www.concordcoalition.org
The Concord Coalition is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization advocating fiscal responsibility while ensuring that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are secure for all generations.

American Enterprise Institute www.aei.org
The American Enterprise Institute for public policy research is dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of freedom-limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense.

Personal Retirement Alliance www.ioptout.org
The Personal Retirement Alliance advocates implementation of a retirement program that provides individuals with the option of accumulating retirement savings in individually owned, fully portable, and privately managed personal retirement accounts funded with a portion of their FICA taxes.

Retire Safe www.retiresafe.org
Retire Safe is a grassroots action network promoting dynamic, pro-growth solutions to America's retirement security challenges. This grassroots network consists of all generations of citizens united in the belief that more choice and control over their retirement will produce prosperity for young and old.

Third Millennium www.thirdmil.org
The Third Millennium is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization launched in July 1993 by young adults to offer solutions to long-term problems facing the United States. The site hosts a grassroots initiative to reform the Social Security system.

President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security www.csss.gov
On May 2, 2001, President Bush announced establishment of a bipartisan, 16-member commission "to study and report specific recommendations to preserve Social Security for seniors while building wealth for younger Americans." The commission was asked to make recommendations to modernize and restore fiscal soundness to Social Security, using six guiding principles: modernization must not change Social Security benefits for retirees or near-retirees; the entire Social Security surplus must be dedicated only to Social Security; Social Security payroll taxes must not be increased; the government must not invest Social Security funds in the stock market; modernization must preserve Social Security's disability and survivors insurance programs; and modernization must include individually controlled, voluntary personal retirement accounts, which will augment Social Security.

Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov
This site contains one of the largest and most extensive collections of history-related materials in the federal government, along with extensive detail on the current Social Security system. Included are an institutional history of the Social Security Administration and the history of the Social Security program itself.

National Taxpayers Union Foundation www.ntu.org
The National Taxpayers Union seeks to give taxpayers a voice by campaigning against various tax-raising legislation and excess government spending. The NTU believes that by pushing to reform the tax code and monitoring the government's spending trends it can help lessen the burden on tax-paying Americans.

Seniors against Federal Extravagance www.s-a-f-e.org
Seniors Against Federal Extravagance is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to issues concerning senior citizens. SAFE supports proposals such as individual medical accounts, inclusion of private savings in a revised Social Security system, cutting regulations, and selling some government assets to help pay off the national debt.