04590nam 2200601Ia 450 991045268360332120200520144314.01-61761-633-8(CKB)2550000001040734(EBL)3017943(SSID)ssj0000827340(PQKBManifestationID)12338756(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827340(PQKBWorkID)10821510(PQKB)10917692(MiAaPQ)EBC3017943(Au-PeEL)EBL3017943(CaPaEBR)ebr10654914(OCoLC)923654444(EXLCZ)99255000000104073420101014d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial security[electronic resource] background, issues and proposals /editor, Jacob T. AlvarezNew York Nova Science Publishersc20111 online resource (174 p.)Social issues, justice and statusIncludes index.1-61761-469-6 ""SOCIAL SECURITY: BACKGROUND, ISSUES AND PROPOSALS""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY: BACKGROUND, ISSUES AND PROPOSALS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY: THE TRUST FUND ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""HOW THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM IS FINANCED ""; ""THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AS A DESIGNATED ACCOUNT ""; ""Social Security Trust Fund Revenues ""; ""Social Security Trust Fund Costs ""; ""Social Security Trust Fund Operations""; ""Investment of the Social Security Trust Fund ""; ""The Social Security Trust Fund and the Federal Budget ""; ""On-Budget versus Off-Budget """"THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AS ACCUMULATED HOLDINGS """"The Social Security Trust Fund and the Level of Federal Debt ""; ""The Social Security Trust Fund and Federal Default ""; ""The Social Security Trust Fund and Benefit Payments ""; ""End Notes ""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY: TRUST FUND INVESTMENT PRACTICES ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""BACKGROUND ""; ""ISSUES ""; ""End Notes""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY, SAVING, AND THE ECONOMY ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""SAVING AND THE ECONOMY ""; ""EXPLAINING HOUSEHOLD SAVING ""; ""Life Cycle Saving ""; ""Precautionary Saving """"Recent Trends in Household Saving""""SOCIAL SECURITY AND HOUSEHOLD SAVING ""; ""SAVING AND SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM ""; ""Fully Funded vs. Pay As You Go ""; ""Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution ""; ""Investing the Trust Fund in Private Securities ""; ""End Notes ""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST: HOW EARNINGS AFFECT BENEFITS ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ""; ""CURRENT LAW ""; ""Social Security Worker and Auxiliary Benefits ""; ""The RET Applies to Beneficiaries below the Social Security Full Retirement Age """"The RET Reduces Social Security Benefits """"The RET Exempt Amounts""; ""Grace Year ""; ""The RET May Affect Social Security Benefits Received by Spouses, Survivors and Other Dependents""; ""Dually Entitled Beneficiaries ""; ""BENEFITS WITHHELD UNDER THE RET ARE RESTORED STARTING AT FRA ""; ""WORKER BENEFICIARIES WITH EARNINGS IN 2006 ""; ""APPLICATION OF THE RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST ""; ""POLICY ISSUES ""; ""The RET and Work Incentives ""; ""The RET and Incentives to Claim Social Security Benefits ""; ""The RET, Retirement Security and Early Benefit Claims ""; ""Other Policy Issues """"FINANCIAL EFFECT OF REPEALING THE RET ON THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND""""APPENDIX A. COMPUTATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY RETIRED-WORKER BENEFIT ""; ""Adjustment to Benefits Claimed before or after FRA ""; ""APPENDIX B. SOCIAL SECURITY AUXILIARY BENEFITS (BENEFITS FOR THE WORKERâ€?S FAMILY MEMBERS) ""; ""Maximum Family Benefit Amount ""; ""APPENDIX C. ANNUAL EXEMPT AMOUNTS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST, CALENDAR YEARS 2000-2010""; ""End Notes ""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY: RAISING OR ELIMINATING THE TAXABLE EARNINGS BASE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND """"Origin and History of the Taxable Earnings Base ""Social Issues, Justice and StatusSocial securityUnited StatesInsuranceUnited StatesElectronic books.Social securityInsurance368.4/300973Álvarez Jacob T962339MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452683603321Social security2182099UNINA