Showing posts with label NAS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NAS. Show all posts

May 12, 2013

You Can Scare People But They Still Want Their Social Security

     From a poll conducted for the National Academy of Social Insurance:
Percent who agree strongly or somewhat:
Don't mind paying Social Security because it provides security and stability to millions -- 84%
It is critical that we preserve Social Security even if it means raising taxes -- Working Americans 82%, Wealthy Americans 87%
Percent who favor increasing Social Security's Cost of Living Adjust (COLA) beyond what it is now -- 64% Percent who oppose -- 10%
Percent who are very/somewhat confident in the future of Social Security -- 43% Percent who are not very/not at all confident 57%
Percent who are very/somewhat confident they will receive all of the Social Security benefits they are supposed to receive -- 31% Percent who ore not very/not at all confident -- 69%