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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453467303321

Autore

Koitz David

Titolo

Seeking middle ground on social security reform / / David Koitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2001

ISBN

0-8179-9978-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; 489

Disciplina

368.4/3/00973

Soggetti

Insurance - United States

Social security - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover ; Title Page ; Half Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Where We are Today-The Setting for Reform ; Chapter Two: The Resilient Long-Range Problem ; Chapter Three: The Case for Insolvency-How Seriously Do We Take the Projections? ; Chapter Four: Potential First Steps-Allocating Budget Surpluses and Defining a Role for Individual Accounts ; Chapter Five: The Painful Choices-what May Work, What May Not ; Chapter Six: Where There Might Be Fertile Ground ; Notes ; Index ; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at both the Republican and the Democratic Party plans for Social Security, showing how each confronts significant ideological and political hurdles. David Koitz cuts through the partisan rhetoric that has made social Security one of the most debated programs on the U.S. political scene and looks at both the Republican and the Democratic plans for Social Security, showing important flaws in each.