| Series |
Current controversies
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-164) and index. |
| Contents |
Is Social Security going bankrupt? $t Social Security is going broke / Paul Ryan -- Social Security trust fund will be exhausted in 2033 / Board of Trustees, Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds -- Social Security goes bankrupt / John Hayward -- Social Security is not going broke / David Cay Johnston -- Social Security does not have serious financial problems / Jane Bryant Quinn -- It is impossible for Social Security to go bankrupt / John T. Harvey -- Is Social Security a successful government program? Social Security is one of the most successful US domestic programs / Center on Budget and Policy Priorities -- Social Security: a target without a cause / David R. Francis -- Social Security is one of the best tools for fighting poverty around the world / Claire Provost -- Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme / Los Angeles Times -- Social Security is similar to a Ponzi scheme / Michael Tanner -- Outcome for Social Security is the same as a Ponzi scheme -- lower future benefits / Chuck Saletta -- Social Security is a mandatory Ponzi scheme that is bad for American workers / Julie Borowski -- Would private retirement accounts be better than the current system? Chapter overview / Joe Messerli -- Personal savings accounts would provide real reform for Social Security / Dan Mitchell -- Private retirement accounts would produce much higher returns than Social Security / William G. Shipmand, Peter Ferrara -- Personal retirement accounts would be no more risky than Social Security / Michael Tanner -- Social Security is a wage replacement insurance program, not an investment program / Nancy J. Altman -- Privatization would dismantle Social Security and offer no guarantees of future benefits / National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare -- Private retirement plans could not provide the same benefits that Social Security does / Louis Woodhill -- How should Social Security's fiscal issues be fixed? Raising eligibility and retirement ages would be one way to reduce future fiscal imbalances in Social Security / Congressional Budget Office -- Social Security should be strengthened by removing the cap on high incomes / Bernie Sanders -- Want to fix the economy? Start with Social Security / Peter Diamond -- Mix of minor changes would fix Social Security / Philip Moeller -- Social Security benefit cuts should be concentrated on high-income beneficiaries / Allan Sloan -- Social Security reforms must achieve both solvency and modernization / Howard Gleckman. |
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| Summary |
Explores a variety of issues related to social security including whether social security is going bankrupt, the success of social security as a government program, how private retirement accounts might impact retirees economic security, and how to address Social Security's fiscal issues. |
| Subject |
Social security -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Debra A.
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| ISBN |
9780737762457 (hardcover) |
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0737762454 (hardcover) |
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9780737762464 (pbk.) |
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0737762462 (pbk.) |
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