Tesis ini membahas tentang permasalahan yang sedang dihadapi oleh program jaminansosial di bawah pemerintahan Presiden George W. Bush. Salah satu isu politik penting diAmerika selama tiga decade. Di tahun 2043 dana jaminan sosial yang ada di dalam TrustFund akan mengalami kekurangan dana. Presiden Bush menawarkan solusinya denganmengubah sistem, menjadi kombinasi program pemerintah dan sistem privatisasi dalambentuk Personal Retirement Account (PRA) . Di dalam tesis ini juga dibahas penolakanmasyarakat terhadap program privatisasi program jaminan sosial dalam bentuk thePersonal Retirement Account (PRA).---------------------This thesis is about the problem facing social security under the Bush administration. Onemajor political issue in the United State of America on the social security system has beendiscussed over three decades. By 2043 The Trust Fund (Social Security) no longer can payits debt. A proposal has been set to change the social security system. President George WBush proposed for a transition to a combination of a govemment funded program and apersonal account, through partial privatization of the Social Security system. This thesisalso discussed the public resistance toward President Bush?s privatization program of theSocial Security Program in the form of the Personal Retirement Account (PRA).