Social Security

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how Social Security is a tax and not an insurance plan. The paper looks at the benefits for the elderly, survivors and those with disabilities. The paper relates the history of Social Security and explores the future when the fund will run into deficits because people are living longer. Finally, the paper presents options and choices for the policy makers to address the future needs of the Social Security program.

Outline:
Introduction
Social Security as a Tax Not Insurance
Benefits for Elderly
Benefits for Those with Disability & Survivors
History
Social Security & Personnel Administration
Future
Issue of Demographics
Options for Future

From the Paper:

"Social Security has been implemented by using the contributions from both employer and employee. A special payroll tax was created to support Social Security so that people would be aware of it every time they received their wages. The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax was labeled a contribution from both employer and employee and people knew they had to work a certain period of time to become eligible. The design of Social Security is made in a way that the contributions made and benefits received have a link between them."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Blahous III, Charles P (2000). Reforming Social Security for Ourselves and Our Posterity. Westport, CT.: Praeger Publishers.
• Tanner, Michael D. (2004). Social Security and Its Discontents: Perspectives on Choice. . Washington, DC: Cato Institute.
• Social Security (United States). Retrieved November 5, 2006, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States)

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