An expose on how two right-wing think tanks, Heritage and Cato, have misled the American public, the media, and Congress on the current state and future of Social Security, all in an effort to destroy it through privatization. Here is an article that sets the facts straight.
See also The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare for much good information.
The Economic Policy Institute has made available an excellent paper, Saving Social Security. Clicking on that link will download the paper. You must have an Acrobat Viewer, free from Adobe, to read it. The Century Foundation publishes 10 Myths About Social Security, containing useful information, as well as numerous other publications on the Social Security.
3/4/2004--Manufacturing a Crisis: the Neocon Attack on Social Security by L. Randall Wray, provides an economically sound, historically oriented rebuttal to the current campaign to destroy the most successful social program in the last century. Wray writes clearly and forthrightly without excessive jargon. Highly recommended.