US Agency Prepares to Sound Social Security Alarm

The U.S. Social Security Administration is set to publicize its financial problems and promote partial privatization of the government pension system as part of a solution, despite the objections of many agency employees, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

Agency internal documents include a “tactical plan” for making the case that Social Security is in serious trouble and requires immediate action, the Times said on its Web site.

Social Security officials say the agency is carrying out its mission to educate the public, including more than 47 million beneficiaries, and to support the privatization agenda of President George W. Bush, the newspaper reported.

But many employees at the Social Security Administration have complained to agency officials of being dragged into a battle over the program’s future. They question the accuracy of recent statements by the agency and say that money from the Social Security trust fund should not be used for such advocacy, the Times said.

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