'''Social Security''' is an involuntary social insurance program enforced by the [[United States]] federal government. The [[socialism|socialistic]] program was one of the "hottest" topics under consideration in the 2004 U.S. presidential election and in early 2005, when President [[George W. Bush]] began an unsuccesfull campaign to give Americans the right to voluntarily opt out of the system and seek personal retirement accounts by depositing their payroll taxes into personally owned and invested accounts similar to 401(k) plans or IRAs. | '''Social Security''' is an involuntary social insurance program enforced by the [[United States]] federal government. The [[socialism|socialistic]] program was one of the "hottest" topics under consideration in the 2004 U.S. presidential election and in early 2005, when President [[George W. Bush]] began an unsuccesfull campaign to give Americans the right to voluntarily opt out of the system and seek personal retirement accounts by depositing their payroll taxes into personally owned and invested accounts similar to 401(k) plans or IRAs. |