Final questions for the Options for Reform Roundtable

[National Dialogue Moderator <moderator>]

This is the final day for our roundtable. Thanks for all your
contributions. A couple of last questions: Time is running out this
year. How do you rank the chances of Social Security legislation on a
scale of 1 to 10?.. If nothing happens it is 1. If there is 75 year
solvency plan passed, the answer is 10.  Do you think there will be a
bi-partisan deal to do add-on accounts, like the USA accounts, and leave
the tough decisions for a later Congress? If you could get a guarantee
that Congress would pass, and President would sign, just one single
option from the potential reform list, what would you pick? Use of  62%
of budget  surplus? 2% individual account carve-out ? raise the taxable
wage-base? or any other item of your choice.  Remember, you can pick
just one thing to do, not a whole package. This forces a choice. Good
luck.

Bob Rosenblatt
Los Angeles Times