The Case for Keeping Social Security in the Budget Moore, Stephen;


 

Publication Date: December 1988

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Peter J. Ferrara

Research Area: Banking and finance

Keywords: Social security

Type: Report

Abstract:

Moving Social Security completely off-budget is a sure prescription for a major increase in general taxes on top of recent and scheduled hikes in the Social Security payroll tax. Meanwhile, Congress no doubt quickly would discover a method to spend the off-budget Social Security surpluses.