Securing America's Future A Bold Plan to

Since its adoption in 1935, the Social Security Act has been a great success, operating efficiently, never missing a payment, and providing economic security for retired and disabled Americans and their dependents. Nevertheless, the system has been the subject of fierce attack - not least from President George W. Bush. Securing America's Future counters the attacks on Social Security and makes clear that this important program is not in crisis. The book proposes a series of modest changes to improve the program, including reforms to enhance Social Security and increase its value to Americans. Securing America's Future is an important book for students and scholars of public policy and all Americans interested in the reality of our Social Security system.

Max J. Skidmore is Thomas Jefferson Fellow and the Curators' Professor or Political Science at the University of Missouri at Kansas City

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Forgotten Piece of National Security: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights	p. 5
Misinformation about Social Security: It Ain't What People Don't Know ...	p. 15
The Gospel of Wealth: Amid Acres of Diamonds	p. 39
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Plan and Its Enemies Emerge	p. 49
From Miss Fuller's First Check	p. 61
Frightening Facts or Persistent Politics?	p. 77
A New Plan that Truly Would Improve Social Security	p. 93
The Enemies Regroup: Rallying 'Round Reagan	p. 101
Presidential Attitudes toward Social Security: "Only Desperate Men with Their Backs to the Wall"	p. 127
The Special Problem of Health Care: The Fortunes to Be Made	p. 151
Some Final Words to Sum It All Up	p. 163
Text of Recording of "Operaton Coffeecup"	p. 169
Internet Nonsense about Social Security	p. 177
Social Security and Ponzi Schemes	p. 185
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 197
About the Author	p. 205
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Securing America's Future A Bold Plan to Preserve and Expand Social Security

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