Social Security | Cato Institute
However, allowing younger workers to privately invest their Social Security taxes through individual accounts will improve Social Security's rate of return; provide .
http://www.cato.org/social-security

Despite Poor Economy, Study Finds Private Investment Offers Better ...
Despite Poor Economy, Study Finds Private Investment Offers Better Returns Than Social Security. By Patrick Burke. February 27, 2012. Subscribe to Patrick .
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/despite-poor-economy-study-finds-private-investment-offers-better-returns-social

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Down payment

Social Security: Maybe a Ponzi Scheme, Definitely a Bad Investment
Sep 15, 2011 . Economist Martin Feldstein makes this point even more clear by comparing the return on Social Security investment to that of private .
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jodi-beggs/social-security-maybe-a-p_b_946004.html

Interest rate

Social Security's ROI | Bankrate.com
Aug 7, 2012 . Social Security is complex and the return on what some people pay . Only the safest investment in the world, U.S. Treasuries which are still .
http://www.bankrate.com/financing/retirement/social-securitys-roi/

Property taxes

Social Security Now Takes More Than it Gives - Moneyland - Time
Aug 7, 2012 . But it is now official: Social Security is a lousy investment for the . return on their lifetime Social Security tax payments—women more than men .
http://moneyland.time.com/2012/08/07/social-security-now-takes-more-than-it-gives/

Homeowners insurance

Social Security's Rate of Return
Jan 15, 1998 . Unless otherwise noted, after-tax Social Security benefits and private investment returns are used for comparisons. That is, applicable income .
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/1998/01/social-securitys-rate-of-return

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Delayed Social Security Retirement Benefits as an Investment ...
So, if you compare the implied rates of return to waiting for Social Security benefits with comparable very low risk investments, you can see that waiting can be a .
http://www.socialsecuritychoices.com/info/social_security_as_investment.php

HOA dues

Social Security debate in the United States - Wikipedia, the free ...
Like any private investments, PRAs could fail to . long criticized Social Security for lower returns than the .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_debate_in_the_United_States

Loan term

SOCIAL SECURITY: RETURN ON INVESTMENT | Angry Bear ...
Mar 27, 2009 . SOCIAL SECURITY: RETURN ON INVESTMENT We often hear claims that the " rate of return on investment" of Social Security is less than what .
http://www.angrybearblog.com/2009/03/social-security-return-on-investment.html

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Trust Fund FAQs - Social Security
The annual effective interest rate (the average rate of return on all investments over a one-year period) for the OASI and DI Trust Funds, combined, was 4.401 .
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/progdata/fundFAQ.html