Thomas Paine, the Tea Party, and Social Security
Sixteen Republican Senate candidates – almost half the field – have stated their support for diverting some portion of Social Security payroll taxes into private accounts. That reflects the impact on...
View ArticleReading FDR’s Mind: “Full Funding” and the Original Intent of Social Security
What kind of a program did Franklin Delano Roosevelt want Social Security to be? A narrowly designed, fully self-funded system, or a more expansive institution whose funding sources might change over...
View ArticleSocial Security as a National Unification Policy
Legal scholar Karen N. Tani has published one of the most original and provocative papers in years on one of the most important pieces of legislation in American history—the Social Security Act of...
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