Representative John Porter's proposal would give workers a choice between the current system, or Individual Retirement Accounts funded by diverting 80 percent of the current 12

Representative John Porter's proposal would give workers a choice between the current system, or Individual Retirement Accounts funded by diverting 80 percent of the current 12.4 percent payroll tax. The remaining 20 percent would go to the Social Security trust fund.

	Black Population				General Population
	Favor %	Oppose %	D/K %	(N)	Favor %	Oppose %	D/K %	(N)
Total	48	27	26	850	44	34	23	850
White	-	-	-	-	43	32	25	709
Men Women	53 43	24 29	23 28	400 450	50 38	36 32	14 31	412 438
18-25 26-35 36-50 51-64 65+	51 66 37 40 50	25 28 30 23 29	24 7 33 37 21	127 168 257 175 88	57 48 52 34 18	25 30 32 42 41	18 22 17 24 41	76 160 301 175 106
Northeast Midwest South West	56 50 46 42	15 35 25 37	30 15 29 21	153 156 452 88	41 44 50 35	37 37 27 38	22 20 23 28	172 205 296 177
Less Than HS HS Graduate Some College/Tech/Voc College/Postgraduate Degree	50 54 39 44	8 30 43 22	42 16 18 34	97 277 184 259	43 35 45 50	16 41 33 31	41 24 22 19	51 228 239 315
Less than $15,000 $15-$35,000 $35-$75,000 More than $75,000	54 66 41 39	2 14 36 46	43 21 23 15	75 129 250 104	33 49 43 54	49 30 33 30	18 21 24 16	45 157 328 164
Children No Children	45 48	35 22	20 30	326 470	57 33	29 39	14 28	318 470