Merrill Matthews, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

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Merrill Matthews is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas, Texas.

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Social Security by Choice

by Merrill Matthews | Mar 15, 2012

Stock market volatility remains one of the primary objections to switching from the current pay-as-you-go method of funding Social Security benefits to a system of prefunded personal retirement accounts. However, three Texas counties that opted out of Social Security 30…