WASHINGTON, D.C. – National conservative gay organization, GOProud, is urging Congress to include personal savings accounts in any reform proposals of Social Security.
“Personal savings accounts would provide gay and lesbian couples with the same opportunities as other Americans to provide for their retirement security,” said Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director of GOProud. “Personal savings accounts are not just good for gays and lesbians; by creating wealth, empowering individuals to control their own retirement and improving the American economy, they are good for all Americans.”
LaSalvia went on to say that under the current discriminatory practices of the Social Security System, gay and lesbian couples are prohibited from leaving their benefits to their same-sex partners and that personal savings accounts are private property of the individual.