Overview
This book illuminates the politics and policy of the currentstruggle over Social Security in light of the program's compellinghistory and ingenious structure. After a brief introductiondescribing the dramatic response of the Social SecurityAdministration to the 9/11 terrorist attack, the book recountsSocial Securityâ??s lively history. Although President Bushhas tried to convince Americans that Social Security is designedfor the last century and unworkable for an aging population,readers will see that the President's assault is just anotherbattle in a longstanding ideological war. Prescott Bush, thecurrent Presidentâ??s grandfather, remarked of FDR, "The onlyman I truly hated lies buried in Hyde Park." The book traces thecontinuous thread leading from Prescott Bush and his contemporariesto George W. Bush and others who want to undo Social Security. Thebook concludes with policy recommendations which eliminate SocialSecurity's deficit in a manner consistent with the program'sphilosophy and structure.
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