Social Security pressing issue for future retirees

ANGELINA WAGNER A&E EDITOR AMW722@CABRINI EDU

Votes will fly out of the ballots come November when Sen. John Kerry and President Bush supporters duel it out at the voting booths. Candidates have citizens roused about important issues that can affect the future of this nation. Among the most popular ones, such as, education, Iraq, health care and gay marriage, there’s also the issue of social security.

Social Security may not seem like a big concern to a Cabrini College student but if the issues surrounding social security aren’t changed payroll taxes will be increased, benefits of today’s younger workers will have to be cut or massive transfers from general revenues will be required, according to the Social Security Administration. If the problem were to be fixed as early as tomorrow, the smaller and less hasty the changes will need to be.

Looking at where Kerry and Bush stand on this subject is