"A growing chorus of prominent voices in Congress and elsewhere are calling for the expansion of our Social Security system-people who know that Social Security will not "go broke" and does not add a penny to the national debt. Social Security Works! will amplify these voices and offer a...

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<p>Warning of the danger from the unified budget approach, the distinguished analyst of Social Security, Nancy J. Altman, last December issued a statement to the National Academy of Social Insurance. Poverty and Public Poverty now presents her cogent explanation of the issues and clarification of...</p>

<p>Nancy J. Altman responds to Andrew Dobelstein's position with regard to "A Tale of Three Commissions: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly," which was published in <em>Poverty & Public Policy </em>Volume 2, Issue 3.</p>

<p>Eric Kingson was an advisor to the 1982 National Commission on Social Security Reform and to the 1994 Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements and Tax Reform. Drawing on the experience of 1982 (the “Goodâ€) and 1994 (the “Badâ€) commissions, he concludes that the fast-track debt...</p>

This paper provides a longitudinal view, spanning 10 to 12 years, of persons first accepting retired worker benefits at ages 62 or 63 in 1994 or 1996. Using HRS data, matched to Social Security administrative files, we present: 1) findings of variation in income, wealth, health insurance...