Policymaking for Social Security

by Martha A. Derthick

Book Overview

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Americans are becoming more aware of their social security program and less contented with it. They see their taxes rising and are not sure that they will get their money's worth in future benefits. In the mid-1970s costs unexpectedly outran revenues, and in 1977 Congress reluctantly took action; but it had no sooner enacted new taxes than members began submitting bills to revise them. A social security taxpayers' revolt seemed to be brewing.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815718152
• ISBN13: 9780815718154
• Release Date: July 1979
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"