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Privatization's Poor Return
Christian Weller, Center for American Progress, 3/4/2005

Much of the Social Security privatization debate focuses on the rate of return of private accounts. If President Bush's proposal becomes law, citizens with private accounts would have to earn at least 3 percent above inflation to have any net gains from their accounts. Even Wall Street agrees that on average, people will have a hard time meeting this target.

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