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Memo to the Next President: A Progressive Fix for Social Security
Publication Date: October 2008
Publisher(s): Progressive Policy Institute (U.S.)
Author(s): Bob Pozen
Special Collection: Presidential Advisory
Topic: Banking and finance (Public finance)
Social conditions (Public welfare and social services)
Keywords: Social security reform; Social-insurance programs; Presidential transition
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
When it comes to reforming Social Security and Medicare, the future is now. Our next president must begin laying the groundwork for a comprehensive update of America's venerable but underfunded social-insurance programs -- starting with Social Security.