U.S. Social Security: A Reference Handbook

by Livingston, Steven G.

• ISBN13: 9781598841190
• ISBN10: 159884119X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-30
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

This handbook is a one-stop forum for nonpartisan discussion of the major proposals for addressing Social Security's coming financial crisis.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Background and History	p. 1
The Origins and Development of Social Security	p. 1
Social Security Act of 1935	p. 8
The Expansion of Social Security: From 1935 to the Present	p. 12
The U.S. Social Security Program Today	p. 25
References	p. 28
Problems, Controversies, and Solutions	p. 31
The Social Security Trust Fund	p. 32
Why Will the Trust Fund Shrink?	p. 34
Saving Social Security: The Options	p. 38
Prefunding Social Security	p. 39
Restoring Social Security to Pay-as-You-Go Principles	p. 43
Privatizing Social Security	p. 54
Leaving It Alone	p. 70
Conclusion	p. 71
References	p. 72
Worldwide Perspectives	p. 75
Canada: Moderate Reforms with Big Results?	p. 76
Germany: Clamping Down on Benefits?	p. 82
Australia: Putting Means Testing to Work?	p. 87
Sweden: Fully Funding without Privatizing?	p. 92
The United Kingdom: Voluntary Carve-Outs?	p. 99
Chile: Privatization?	p. 105
Too Many Alternatives?	p. 111
References	p. 112
Chronology	p. 115
U.S. Chronology	p. 115
World Chronology	p. 121
Biographical Sketches	p. 133
Arthur Altmeyer	p. 133
Robert Ball	p. 134
William Beveridge	p. 135
Carl Bildt	p. 135
George W. Bush	p. 136
Benjamin Cardozo	p. 137
William J. Clinton	p. 138
Wilbur Cohen	p. 138
Nelson Cruikshank	p. 139
Marion Folsom	p. 140
Milton Friedman	p. 141
Alan Greenspan	p. 141
Paul Keating	p. 142
Huey Long	p. 143
Paul Martin, Jr.	p. 144
Wilbur Mills	p. 145
Daniel Patrick Moynihan	p. 146
Robert J. Myers	p. 146
Frances Perkins	p. 147
James Jerrell Pickle	p. 148
Jose Pinera	p. 149
Augusto Pinochet	p. 149
Walter Riester	p. 150
Franklin Delano Roosevelt	p. 151
Isaac Rubinow	p. 152
David Stockman	p. 152
Margaret Thatcher	p. 153
Francis Townsend	p. 154
Harry S Truman	p. 155
Adrian Turner	p. 156
Arthur Vandenberg	p. 157
Robert Wagner	p. 157
John Winant	p. 158
Edwin Witte	p. 159
Data and Documents	p. 161
The Social Security Act	p. 161
The Preamble to the Social Security Act of 1935	p. 162
The Supreme Court Opinion: Helvering v. Davis	p. 162
Principal Presidential Speeches and Messages	p. 167
Franklin Roosevelt: Message to Congress Reviewing the Broad Objectives and Accomplishments of the Administration, June 8, 1934	p. 167
Franklin Roosevelt: Message to Congress on Social Security, January 17, 1935	p. 169
Franklin Roosevelt: State of the Union Address, January 11, 1944	p. 170
Harry S Truman: State of the Union Address, January 14, 1946	p. 171
Dwight Eisenhower: State of the Union Address, February 2, 1953	p. 172
William Jefferson Clinton: State of the Union Address, January 19, 1999	p. 173
George Walker Bush: State of the Union Address, February 2, 2005	p. 175
Reform Commission and Advisory Council Reports	p. 178
Report of the National Commission on Social Security Reform (The Greenspan Commission). January 1983	p. 178
Report of the 1994-1996 Advisory Council on Social Security	p. 183
The 2001 President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security (The Moynihan Commission). December 21, 2001	p. 186
Social Security Annual Trustees Report	p. 191
A Summary of the 2007 Annual Trustees Report	p. 192
Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs, (Social Security Section)	p. 194
Directory of Organizations	p. 197
Institutions and Organizations of the U.S. Government	p. 197
Interest Groups and Lobbying Organizations	p. 201
Think Tanks	p. 212
Resources	p. 219
Public Agencies	p. 220
U.S. Government: Federal Agencies	p. 220
U.S. Government: Congress	p. 221
International Organizations	p. 223
Media and Press Sites	p. 224
Internet Research Sites	p. 225
Books and Articles	p. 225
Current Issues	p. 232
Response to Detailed Reform Plans	p. 242
Foreign Social Security Systems	p. 244
Glossary	p. 261
Index	p. 267
About the Author	p. 275
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