Reply #62: A METAPHORICAL "box". The idea was that SS dollars [View All]

[johnaries]

would only be used for SS.

Here's what he proposed during the Campaign:

I will keep it in a lockbox. The interest savings, I would put right back into it. That extends the life for 55 years. I am opposed to a plan that diverts 1 out of every 6 dollars away from the Trust Fund. It would go bankrupt within this generation.

Gore wants to maintain the existing Social Security system (and indeed raise benefits), by subsidizing it from general taxation. He would:
would pay down the national debt as soon as possible, and transfer the equivalent of the interest saved to the Social Security trust fund
supports providing increased Social Security benefits to widows and women who take time off to bring up children
opposes raising retirement age to 70
would introduce, in addition to Social Security, individual accounts called “Retirement Savings Plus”, in which savings would be matched (at different rates according to income) by the federal government

http://www.issues2000.org/Celeb/Al_Gore_Social_Security.htm