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Barbara Bovjerg's 2001 Testimony on Social Security Reform

In nine pages this paper examines this GAO employee's 2001 testimony to Congress on the future of the U.S. Social Security system ...

An Argument Against Reforming Social Security at the Present Time

Roosevelt himself - promoted the plan as one in which individuals would pay into the system over the course of their working lives...

Social Security Reform: Costs and Benefits

Administration, 2005). 1950: The first "cost of living" increase is approved 1975: Cost of living increases become automatic, tied...

Critique of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

text is a virtual diary of her experiences and observations. The text is effective in that the author is never condescending to t...

Social Security System and Its Impacts

to restore security by those that had lost it as a result of changing lifestyles associated with their changing occupations. As f...

Social Security and Policy Making Models Reviewed

what are the problems of aging, whose problem it is and whose interests are served by solutions that are developed. Given ...

Development of American Social Welfare

feeling persisted in the US that anyone who was willing to work would be able to find a job (U.S. Society, 2004). The Great Dep...

Raiding Social Security

in. Whatever surplus remains currently is devoted to government operation (Tempelman, 2006). As the federal government removes a...

Book Review of Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed

been hired, almost on the spot. Her "almost on the spot" hire is a job with a hotel restaurant, from 2:00 to 10:00 p.m. for $2.43 ...

Economic Relations and the Economy of Argentina

Were the central bank of, say Ecuador, to fix the exchange rate of the Ecuador currency directly to the value of the US dollar, pr...

Reforming Corporate Law and English Company Law Modernization

been tackled (Card et al, 1998). In the recent white paper it is also only this area which has received attention, stating that if...

Post 911 Fighting Fear and an Example of Narrative Writing

On the other hand, if the attack is primarily intended as a background setting from which the main character extrapolates their ow...

Social Security, Health Care Reform, and Public Policy

success; yet each time they faced defeat. The evolution of these efforts and the reasons for their failure make for an intriguing...

Future of U.S. Social Security System

In sixteen pages this paper discusses the necessary reforms needed for the U.S. Social Security system in order to ensure that the...

Proposals for Reforming Social Security

In seven pages this paper examines proposals to reform the U.S. Social Security system within the next ten years. Six sources are...

How Social Security Can be Reformed

In five pages this research paper discusses Social Security and how it can be reformed with privatization arguments for and agains...

U.S. and France Labor and Social Security Issues

In six pages this paper compares the U.S. and France in terms of each country's Social Security systems and the impact of labor ...

Social Security Privatization and Reform

moved. 2. Birth rate has been declining for decades. 3. There are now 5 workers contributing to the Social Security payments to on...

US and UK Social Security Reforms

certain number of months. For a person born in 1939, as an example, full retirement come at 65 plus 4 months; a person born in 195...

President George W. Bush and Reforming Social Security

existed before 1935, these were extremely minimal. Social Services, as it is known in the United States, began during a bad econom...

Human Rights Violations and the 2001 United Kingdom Anti Terrorism, Crime and Security Act

2000 (Her Majestys Stationary Office, 2002). The Act is extensive there is no doubt, but several issues from within the Act are c...

Three New York Times' Articles on Social Security

There is no guarantee that American retirees will enter their twilight years with much financial support from the United States So...

Reform Debate Regarding U.S. Social Security

Social Security system and the reform of the program, it is helpful to explore its history. Why was this program that some equate ...

Positive Perspective on Reforming Social Security

history). Prior to Social Security, it was up to the states to provide security for the elderly, which they usually did in the fo...

Estelle James' 2005 Report on Social Security

contrast the U.S. system with other social security systems abroad, perhaps in an attempt to gain new insights in respect to refor...

2001's Patriot Act and Homeland Security

Homeland Security. In relationship to the Patriot Act there is a great deal of controversy for many people feel it is a clear in...

Media Access: National Security Versus Public Access To Government Function

(Killian, 2005; Henning, 2005b; Sapino Jeffreys, 2006). II. UNDERSTANDING THE LAW THROUGH COURT RULINGS The precedent-setting ca...

MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING

SECURITY Considering what will happen to the millions of Social Security recipients if current issues are not ironed out, t...

An Argument for Social Security Privatization

virtually done away with pension plans in lieu of other benefits. This has placed more concern about Social Security in the laps o...

Terrorism, Maritime Security, and Shipping Containers After the September 11, 2001 Attacks

weapons in outwardly harmless looking shipping containers (Smith, 2002). This report strongly suggests that delivering such nucle...