claim: "in galveston, texas, they have allowed people to privatize part of their social security. and people are building wealth."
author: e.w. jackson
evidence_1: may 12, 2011 ... three texas counties opted out of social security 30 years ago by switching ...  ago by creating personal retirement accounts, have avoided a fiscal train wreck ...  county employees, many of them union members, have seen their ... public  employees—about 6 million people—who are part of state and local ...
evidence_2: "we adopted the modern social security system at a time when the average  person died before they were old enough ... "in galveston, texas, they have  allowed people to privatize part of their social security. and people are building  wealth.".
evidence_3: sep 17, 2011 ... “people in texas are very independent minded, and they stepped out and ...  employees can elect to put their portion of the contributions into riskier ... “people  forget that before social security, there really were ... it's your money,” said  dwight sullivan, the galveston county clerk. .... create account. already ...
evidence_4: "in galveston, texas, they have allowed people to privatize part of their social  security. and people are building wealth." — politifact virginia on friday, june ...
evidence_5: america's social security system is in serious trouble. ... australia, mexico,  singapore, and great britain, have allowed workers to opt out ... now enjoying  higher levels of retirement income through private pension plans. .... have  another serious problem: they work only if more and more people are suckered  into the game.