[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11872]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 SOCIAL SECURITY: DEMOCRATS RAISE TAXES

  (Mr. MILLER of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to continue to 
shine the light on the need for reform of our Social Security. On 
Monday, an editorial ran in The Washington Post which criticized the 
Democratic leadership for not having or supporting a plan for Social 
Security reform. The editorial also hammered the plan offered by 
Democrat Robert Wexler as a lopsided quick fix, calling the proposal 
both unbalanced and inadequate. They say the plan would merely raise 
payroll taxes and would fail to provide long-term relief. Further, the 
proposal shows little or no benefit for workers under the age of 55.
  One solution which could help improve Social Security and provide 
long-term relief is through personal retirement accounts. Giving 
Americans the option of putting a portion of their payroll taxes into 
small personal accounts is a more balanced and better solution to the 
Social Security problem. Quick fixes, such as the one proposed by 
Robert Wexler, will only pass the problem of Social Security to younger 
generations.
  Madam Speaker, our children and grandchildren deserve the best, 
including a Social Security program which provides generational 
fairness. And clearly Americans are hearing this clarion call. In fact, 
a recent Fox News poll showed that 84 percent of workers age 18 to 55 
would support having the option of personal accounts.

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