Voluntary personal savings accounts would enable future retirees to harness the power of the marketplace when saving for their retirements.

Personal savings accounts to me are one of the most powerful things, not necessarily in saving, solvency, or bankruptcy of the program, but in guaranteeing, the words I used a few minutes ago, a safe and secure retirement for our seniors.

The idea of strengthening health savings accounts... that bolsters the marketplace.

Personal savings accounts would help achieve equality by letting gay or lesbian partners leave part of their savings to their partners, which they cannot do under today's Social Security rules.

It is a good thing for you to have the power over your own money and your own future. And you're the one who cares about it the most. So we'd be very positive for those types of proposals.

Personal accounts don't solve that problem,