Tag: Social Security’s Financing Shortfall

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A Bird’s Eye View of the Social Security Debate

Issue Brief by

December 1, 2004

Introduction President Bush plans to use his political capital to “privatize” a portion of the Social Security program. Whether or not such a change is desirable and the extent to which it solves Social Security’s financing problems will dominate much of the policy agenda over the next few years. This Issue in Brief is intended…