Would there be an additional benefit for that? People may well not wish to do that if any profit is deducted from SS payments without an incentive.
W might as well chalk off the SS overhaul project now. If the people in his own party won't back him, he's got a zero chance to get a bill through...
True, Good point.
There are certainly incentives: (1) the amount saved by younger workers is likely to exceed any Social Security they could reasonably hope to receive, and (2) the account passes to your heirs after your death.
-ccm